Higher Education Commission chairman appointment
Leghari tipped as HEC chairman
Islamabad, Aug 23: The government has decided to appoint former Senator Dr Javed
R. Leghari as chairman of the Higher Education Commission. The position was
vacated by Dr Attaur Rehman in October. Prime minister's special
assistant on social sector Begum Shehnaz Wazir Ali has been looking after
administrative affairs of the commission. Mr Leghari recently visited
HEC offices and met Ms Ali, sources said. The sources said an
official notification on the issue would be issued soon. Mr Leghari has
a distinguished academic career. At present he is president of the Shaheed
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology. Prior to joining
SZABIST, he was director of Graduate Studies and Tenured Full Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at the State University of New York in
Buffalo. According to his CV, he specialises in energy and space
technologies. He has published over 120 research papers. Dawn
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US helping Pakistan to invest more in education
New York: The US is helping Pakistan to invest more in schools and children
instead of just its military, as was the case in the past, US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton said on Saturday. In an interview with The New York
Times, Hillary said spreading education was part of the Obama administration's
policy. Pakistan, she said, would have been better off in dealing with extremism
if it had allocated more money for schools and girls. Bills: Hillary said
the bills being finalised in the US Senate and the House of Representatives were
aimed at providing aid to Pakistan for socio-economic development, including
building schools. US lawmakers have voted to provide $7.5 billion for Pakistan
over the next five years in non-military assistance. The House and the
Senate versions of the legislation are currently being reconciled before
President Barack Obama signs it into law. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks,
the United States gave Pakistan seven billion dollars in military assistance as
the South Asian country became its close ally in the war on
terrorism. Replying to a question, Hillary said she had told former
president Pervez Musharraf that more of the money should be going to
education. She recalled a trip to a Pakistani village outside Lahore
where families hesitated to send children – particularly girls – because the
children would need to travel away to the closest school. Daily times
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Maidan schools reopen tomorrow
Timergara: The staff of all educational institutions in violence-hit
Maidan tehsil of Lower Dir has been directed to resume its duty from Monday.
The executive district officer of elementary education and schools,
Saeed Khan, on Saturday directed all teaching and non-teaching staff of
educational institutions in Maidan to ensure their presence from Monday at their
duty stations. Talking to local journalists, he said that all government schools
in Maidan tehsil would be reopened on August 24. He said the decision in this
regard had been made after consultation with district administration and
high-ups of security forces. "The situation in Maidan is now conducive for
studies and it has been decided to reopen the schools in the area as a lot of
students' time has already been wasted," the officer remarked. To a
question, Mr Khan said tent schools would be established in those areas where
buildings of educational institutions were destroyed. He said teachers and other
staff would be punished according to rules if they did not ensure their presence
from due date. All the government-run schools in Maidan had been closed
due to clashes between militants and security forces since April 26. During the
period more than 50 schools had been either torched or destroyed by militants or
hit during shelling by security forces. Dawn
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Teacher shot dead
Bisham: Unidentified militants shot dead a schoolteacher in Kas Killay in the
limits of Lilonai Police Station in Shangla district Saturday. Police sources
said Muhammad Parwish, a primary school teacher, was on his way back home at 7
a.m. when a band of 15 unidentified militants, who had besieged his house since
night, opened fire on him, killing him on the spot. Sources said the militants
descended from the hilly area of Miandam in Swat Valley and escaped after
committing the crime. The slain teacher was uncle of Shah Saud, a lawyer and
local leader of the Pakistan People's Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) and cousin of Behr
Alam Khan, an activist of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid. The news
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