Punjab medical and dental institutions admission test
Entrance test on Sept 27
Lahore, Aug 12: The entrance test for admission to the medical and dental institutions
of the province will be held on Sunday (September 27) while the admission-kit
containing prospectus, application and admission forms and an Orientation CD
will be available at all medical and dental colleges across the Punjab from
August 20. This was stated by University of Health Sciences (UHS) Vice
Chancellor Prof M H Mubbashar while chairing a meeting of the Taskforce on
Entrance Test for admission to the medical and dental institutions of the Punjab
which was held at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Tuesday. He further
informed the members that candidates could submit their application forms from
August 27. He also said that 13 centres would be established in 12 cities for
the entrance test adding the government would make special security arrangements
at all these centres. The members of the taskforce congratulated UHS on
introducing Self-Scoring System in Entrance Test for the first time in Pakistan.
They also appreciated government decision to hold entrance test for FSc and
A-Level candidates from their respective books and syllabi. The members of the
taskforce included Dr Ali Cheema of LUMS, Prof Eice Muhammad, Dr Allah Bakhsh
Malik, Prof Amer Aziz, Dr Naeemuddin Mian, Shaista Pervaiz Malik, Nusrat Jamil,
Prof Wasiq Ahmed Khan and also representatives of Punjab Health and Higher
Education departments.
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IJT sets up stalls at PU
Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) chapter Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) activists on
Tuesday once again set up admission stalls while the university administration
remained silent over the issue. The main admission stall by Jamiat to
guide the admission-seeking students was set up near PU Gate No II, New Campus,
while the other admission stalls were set up outside Department of Library
Sciences, Institute of Geology, Department of Statistics, University Law College
and Institute of Education and Research. The IJT also observed Tuesday as
Black Day against Monday's incident in which around a dozen Jamiat activists and
PU employees were injured over the issue of setting up the stalls. It is
pertinent to mention here that the PU administration had been claiming not to
allow any student group to set up stalls independently. According to a
press statement, PU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran chaired a meeting on
Tuesday to discuss the issue of violation of university rules and torturing of
varsity guards allegedly by the IJT activists. The VC urged the
university teachers' groups to stand united at one platform for improving the
university's ranking, enhancing the number of PhD faculty and improving the
quality research in the varsity. Deans of various faculties, heads of
departments, senior teachers and president of Academic Staff Association
attended the meeting, the statement added.
Schedule for sports trials at PU
The Punjab University (PU) has issued the schedule of
sports trials for candidates intending admission to PU on sports basis.
A press statement said the trials would be conducted for admissions to
MA/MSc, MCom, Law, MS/BS Banking & Finance, BFA, BA/BSc (Hons) programmes,
BCom, IT, BBA, BSc (Hons) Management Sciences etc. According to
schedules for female players, trials of swimming, tennis, basketball, handball
and hockey would be held on Monday, August 24 at 9 am while trials of athletics,
cricket, table tennis, badminton and volleyball would be held on Tuesday, August
25 at 9 am at PU Women Sports Department, Crust Road, Old Campus. For
male candidates, the sports trials of swimming, tug-of-war and cricket would be
held on Wednesday, August 26 at 9 am at PU New Campus Swimming Pool and PU
grounds, New Campus. The trials of body building, rowing, football, athletics,
volleyball, handball, hockey, tennis, basketball, kabaddi and squash would be
held on Thursday, August 27 at 9 am at PU New Campus grounds while trials of
wrestling, weight lifting, boxing, gymnastics, rifle shooting, table tennis and
badminton would be held on Saturday, August 29 at 9 am at PU grounds, Chauburji,
Old Campus.
PU results
The Punjab University Examination Department has declared the result of BA/BSc Special Annual
Examination 2008 held in Kuwait and Cairo (Egypt). The PU has also
declared the result of BA/BSc Special Supplementary Examination 2007 and BA/BSc
Special Supplementary Examination 2008 held in London (UK). Detailed
results are available on PU website www.pu.edu.pk. The news
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IJT observes Black Day
Lahore: Black Day was observed by Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) in Punjab
University against the yesterday's torture of University guards on students.
Students sitting on the Admission stalls organized by Islami Jamiat Talab were
wearing black arms bandages. Main admission stall was organized on Gate No. 2
while the other admission stalls were organized in Department of Library
Science, Department of Geology, Department of Statistics, University Law
College, Institute of Education and Research and Institute of Business
Administration. Students said that yesterday's misbehave of university guards
with students not only affected the peaceful environment of University but also
affected negatively the image of Punjab University. Nazim Islami Jamiat Talba
Punjab University Qaisar Sharief visited the admission stalls and while talking
to the students said that students are stakeholders of university and to
organize positive extra curricular activity in education institute is their
democratic right. IJT has always give honour and respect to teachers, yesterday
negative propaganda against IJT was done by university administration. There are
some elements in teacher community who are misusing their powers. Vice
Chancellor must have to take stern action against such elements. Nazim IJT was
of the view that previous year Dr. Saeed Ahmad Nagra and Dr. Basheer had also
got tortured the students through university guards, resultantly leg of a
student was also broken but no action against the responsible was initiated.
Qaisar Sharief said that IJT will continue to guide new comers in PU through
their admission stalls. F.P report
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An ugly incident
Lahore: The clash at the Punjab University between the IJT and the University
administration that left a number of students injured leaves a bad taste in the
mouth. Broadly speaking, this is a far cry from the discipline that should be
the trademark of prestigious educational institutions like the PU. Things got
out of control when the IJT activists refused to remove the admission stall it
had set up. Though the university administration says that what the IJT was
doing was an illegal act, the fact remains that it takes two to tango. One
cannot help but hold both sides responsible for the violence. Two of the
students were so badly injured that they had to be shifted to the hospital and
therefore the possibility of more violence coming from both sides to avenge
themselves cannot be ruled out. The university administration must exercise
restraint and try to hammer out an amicable solution. Incidents of the sort
would only bring a bad name to the University and tarnish its image as one of
the premier institutions of higher learning in the country. While there is no
disputing the reality that the energy and zeal of the students has to be
provided with proper outlets within the parameters defined by the academic
world, they are also supposed to maintain discipline. There is also no point in
the university administration becoming harsh with them. The nation
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Unity of teachers urged
Lahore: Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has urged the
university teachers' groups to stand united at a platform for improving the
university's ranking, enhancing the number of PhD faculty and improving the
quality research in the varsity. He said there was a lot of talent in PU
students and all groups of teachers should work together for uplifting education
and research standard in the university. Deans of various faculties, heads of
departments, senior teachers and president Academic Staff Association (ASA)
attended the meeting. All teachers presented their suggestions in this regard.
The meeting discussed in detail the issue of violation of university rules and
torturing varsity guards by IJT activists.
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PhD awarded
Lahore: The Punjab University (PU) has awarded PhD degree to Khalida Musarrat in applied
geology after approval of her research thesis titled "Geomorphology of the
Kaghan Valley, Northern Pakistan and Dynamics of its Environmental Changes". A
press statement said Khalida was the founding and the present director of PU
Centre for Integrated Mountain Research (CIMR). The news
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