Monday, May 31st, 2021
Government Determined to Financially Support Deserving Students – Usman Dar
DNA ISLAMABAD, MAY 31 – Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood has said that technical education is necessary along with formal education for securing jobs. Internship has become a mandatory part of formal education for awards of degrees in developed Nations, he said. The Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training was addressing the Certificate Awarding Ceremony to the passed out young girls and boys under Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Program (KJP). COVID-19 has completely changed the dynamics of education at large. We need to adjust ourselvesRead More
Pakistan and Afghanistan should agree on a ‘ceasefire of blame-game’, Yusufzai
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Mr Rahimullah Yusufzai underscored the negativity generated by leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan and urged senior leadership of both countries to agree on a what he called “a ceasefire of blame-game.” He was speaking at a webinar titled ‘Prospects of Security and Stability in Afghanistan’ organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) here on Monday. Referring to the recent negative statements by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan National Security Adviser HamdullahMohib, which were strongly rebutted by the Government of Pakistan, Mr Yusufzai said that suchRead More
Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Oily Majlis of Uzbekistan calls on Sadiq Sanjrani
DNA Islamabad, MAY 31 – The Trans-Afghan Railway Line Project, agreed between Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan earlier this year, would transform the geo-economic dynamics of the entire Central Asian region. The project would be the first step in linking the Central Asian transport network with Pakistani seaports of Gwadar, Karachi, and Bin Qasim, the Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani said while talking to the Speaker of the legislative Assembly of Oily Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, H.E Nurdinjan Ismailov, who called on him here at Parliament House, Today. DuringRead More
COMSTECH launches scholarship programme for Palestinian students
ISLAMABAD, MAY 31 (DNA) – COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence launched special fellowship programme for Palestinian students and scholars in partnership with Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP). COMSTECH organized a webinar on “COMSTECH consortium fellowships for Palestinian students” on Monday in which 13 national and international universities and institutions participated. Prof. Choudhary said that COMSTECH offered fellowships to the Palestinian students with the help of COMSTECH consortium of excellence member institutions and partnership with Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP). Vice Chancellors and representatives of 13Read More
President Alvi for focusing on strengthening bilateral cooperation with Jordan
ISLAMABAD, MAY 31 (DNA) – President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the Ambassador-designate of Pakistan to Jordan to focus on expanding and strengthening bilateral cooperation with Jordan in all areas of mutual interest. He asked the ambassador-designate to work for increasing high-level exchanges between the two brotherly countries. The President made these remarks while talking to the Ambassador-designate of Pakistan to Jordan, Major General (R) Sajjad Ali Khan, who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. The President congratulated the Ambassador-designate on his appointment as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Jordan with concurrentRead More
China announces three-child policy, in major policy shift
BEIJING – China announced on Monday that each couple would be permitted to have up to three children, a major policy shift from the existing limit of two children after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world’s most populous country. The change was approved during a politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping, the official news agency Xinhua reported. In 2016, China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy – initially imposed to halt a population explosion – with a two-child limit, which failed to result in aRead More