Friday, November 5th, 2021
IBCC recommends exams, assessment reforms in all BISE,s
ISLAMABAD,05 Nov 2021 : Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) Forum in its meeting recommended to shift examination & assessment system from rote learning to conceptual learning. The initiative has been taken on the directives of Federal Minister for Education & Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood. According to the IBCC on Friday, an agenda item for the improvement of examination system was placed in 170th meeting of the Forum at Islamabad which was attended by 49 members including 30 examination boards. All the boards agreed that the examination & assessment patternRead More
PM presented massive relief package of Rs120b on essential items, Senate told
Islamabad : Leader of the House Shahzad Wasim said that rates of petroleum products have been enhanced due to international increase in their prices. Responding to points raised by the Opposition on rise in petroleum price, he said the government has significantly decreased taxes on petroleum products. He said Prime Minister Imran Khan presented a massive relief package of 120 billion rupees to provide essential items on subsidized rates. He said in addition to the relief package, several projects are also being run under Ehsaas Program at a cost ofRead More
Australia postpones first-ever Afghanistan cricket Test
Sydney,05 Nov 2021 : Australia on Friday postponed a landmark first-ever cricket Test against Afghanistan, amid fears the country’s ruling Taliban regime will ban women from playing the sport. Australia’s cricketing authorities said that after consultation with “relevant stakeholders” it was decided the men’s Test, to be played in Hobart this month, would not go ahead as planned. After ousting the elected government in August, senior Taliban leaders said Afghan women would no longer play cricket, or any other sport. Under the regime’s hardline reading of Islamic law, women areRead More
Uber ride share business regains traction in quarter
San Francisco, 05 Nov 2021 : Uber on Thursday said its ride share and food delivery businesses gained traction in the recently-ended quarter as people began getting out more but were still ordering in. News of drivers and riders returning to the platform came in a quarterly earnings report that showed Uber logged a net loss of $2.4 billion despite revenue growing 72 percent to $4.8 billion when compared to the same period a year earlier. Most of that loss was due to write-downs and losses from investment in ChineseRead More
Farogh reassures govt’s firm stance to introduce legal reforms
Islamabad : Minister for Law and Justice, Barrister Dr Farogh Naseem has reassured the firm stance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government to introduce legal reforms in the country. Talking to a delegation of the European Union Parliamentary Delegation for South Asia Relations in Islamabad, he said Pakistan and the European Union have common interests and a balanced relationship. He also apprised the delegation of the atrocities being committed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Minister, while referring to the EU’s Disinfo Lab operation launched in 2005, which proved thatRead More
Lawyers are defenders of democracy, constitution: Fawad
Islamabad : Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said that lawyers are the defenders of democracy, human rights and constitution. Addressing a ceremony held in honour of newly elected office bearers of Supreme Court Bar Association in Islamabad today (Friday), he recognized that the lawyers had played an important role for supremacy of law and constitution in the country. The Minister said the politics of bar associations should be independent and free from the interference of government and political parties. He said reforms are necessary to strengthenRead More