Hajj: 12 languages to be used
MEDINA: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), according to the official news agency SPA, on Wednesday, prepared two awareness pavilions at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and Prince…
Afghan Sikhs on gurdwara attack
KABUL: A dozen Afghan Sikhs gathered Monday in a room behind the charred ruins of their temple in Kabul, hoping to be swiftly evacuated having finally given up on the…
Professional uplift of Urdu Uni
KARACHI: The Senate of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) in its 48th Session discussed the affairs related to bring further improvement in the financial and professional…
Urdu Uni
FUUAST awards 6 PhD degrees
KARACHI: Graduate and Research Management Council (GRMC) of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) has endorsed to award six Ph.D, six M.Phil and five MS degrees to…
Daniyal Aziz injured in road accident
SHAKARGARH: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Daniyal Aziz Chaudhry sustained injuries in a road accident, here on Thursday. According to Rescue 1122, Daniyal Aziz was returning to Shakargarh from Islamabad when…
USAID
Three-day USAID workshop on women’s leadership concludes
ISLAMABAD: The USAID-funded Higher Education System Strengthening Activity’s (HESSA) three-day workshop designed for women’s leadership in higher education concluded on Wednesday. The course ended with the presentation of certificates to…
Day Against Child Labor
ISLAMABAD: The World Day Against Child Labor was observed on Sunday across the globe including Pakistan to raise awareness of the predicament of child laborers world-wide which was effecting hundreds…
Urdu Uni
FUUAST, GCWUF for academic collab
ISLAMABAD: Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology here and Government College Women University Faisalabad (GCWUF) have set a resolution of understanding for academic collaboration. The resolution sets in…
PM’s invitation for national dialogue
ISLAMABAD: Ulema and Mashaykh of all schools of thought in collaboration with Pakistan Ulema Board (PUB) on Saturday announced to extend full support to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sahrif’s invitation for…
PM’s pre-budget speech
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday, reiterating his call for a Charter of Economy, said it was high time all the stakeholders joined hands to formulate an unalterable policy…
Overcoming load-shedding
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday said the Federal Cabinet had accorded approved administrative and austerity measures to overcome load-shedding, and conserve fuel and energy. The…
Urdu Uni
FUUAST awards Ph.D/M.Phil degrees
KARACHI: The Graduate and Research Management Council (GRMC) of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) in its 49th meeting chaired by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr.…
Pakistani mangoes in China
BEIJING: The first shipment of Pakistani mangoes of the present season arrived last night in Kunming, capital city of China's South-Western Yunnan province, said Adnan Hafeez, Director of Imperial Ventures…
Youm-e-Takbir painting competition
LAHORE: The Lahore Arts Council (LAC) Saturday organised a painting competition on Youm-e-Takbir, here at Alhamra Arts Gallery. Renowned writer and poet Amjad Islam Amjad inaugurated the exhibition, along with…
NZ PM pays tributes to Benazir
WASHINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has used her Harvard University Commencement address in Boston to echo former Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's call to deepen democracy, as she…
Dr. Athar Ata is new VC of FUUAST
KARACHI: Prof. Dr. Athar Ata on Wednesday (25th of May, 2022) assumed the charge as Vice Chancellor of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST). A Karachi University…
World Economic Forum, Davos
DAVOS: The question of whether the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine have sounded the death knell for globalization has dominated the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort…
100M displaced people worldwide
UNITED NATIONS: The Ukraine war and other conflicts, including Afghanistan, pushed the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution over the staggering milestone of…
People sleep less due to heat
ISLAMABAD: Increasing ambient temperatures, caused by human-induced climate change, can negatively impact how humans sleep around the globe, finds a study. The study, published in the journal One Earth, suggests…
WHO
WHO on spread of Monkeypox
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that there will be more monkeypox cases identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries. WHO's data show that as of Saturday,…
Conviction of Yaseen Malik
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Azad Jammu Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Saturday said that Pakistan and the people of AJK would highlight the sham, false and fabricated case against pro-freedom Kashmir's…
FUUAST faculty member honored
KARACHI: Faculty member of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST)'s Mathematical Sciences Research Center Dr Muhammad Ilyas has recently been awarded fellowship of the Higher Education Academy…
IHC
IHC on missing persons
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday sought detailed report from Commission for Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance (CIoED) regarding its performance and SOPs to address the missing persons’ matters. The…
Women’s right to control property
ISLAMABAD: "A woman’s right and ability to own, inherit and control property is a key factor in achieving economic opportunity and development, empowerment, security, shelter, and livelihood". This was stated…