RBISE HSSC Part I results delay

Angry students torch RBISE office, record
Rawalpindi, Dec 16: Fed up with the delay in declaration of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Part I results by the Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, a large number of enraged students on Thursday marched on one of the board offices, and set it on fire. They tore off the office record and blocked the traffic for more than three to four hours by burning office record and equipment on Sixth Road.

Carrying burning sticks in their hands the angry students barged into the board office at Sixth Road, scuffled with the board staff and took away the record and set the building on fire. They also pelted stones on nearby buildings and even hurled threats at motorcyclists who tried to evade them while moving on the road.

A large contingent of police led by City Police Officer (CPO) Azhar Hameed reached the spot and used teargas shells and resorted to aerial firing to disperse the enraged mob.

RBISE spokesman Arsalan Cheema said that the HSSC Part-I result would be announced on December 24, 2011. "The reason behind delay in the announcement of the result is that we have not been able to finalise the full result," he said, adding the mob barged into the office, snatched the whole record since 1978 and they beat up the board staff. "As soon as the students entered the office I called the police to control the situation," he added.

He said: "We would take strict action against those responsible for creating such an ugly situation." He also alleged that police could not control the situation properly while he had called them in time.

The CPO said that they did not use force against students to save precious lives. "If we had used force, several students could have lost their lives or suffered injuries. I ordered my force to disperse them peacefully. We have deployed cops in all board offices to avoid any untoward incident again," he said.

Enraged students said that board officials were only giving dates to announce HSSC Part I result. They are only giving us date after date. "We are suffering because of the delay in the announcement of the results due to mismanagement," they added.

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PU results
Lahore: Punjab University's Examinations Department on Thursday announced results of various examinations. These exams include MA Arabic, Gender Studies, Social Work, Political Science, History, MSc Mountain Conservation & Watershed Management, Zoology, Chemistry, Part-I, & MA Punjabi, International Relations and Women's Studies, Part-II, Annual Examination 2011.

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100,000 laptops distribution soon: CM
Lahore: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said distribution of 100,000 laptops among brilliant students will soon start and the project will be completed in a transparent manner like IT labs programme.

He said the launch of modern, comfortable and affordable bus service in the provincial metropolis had resulted in availability of excellent transport facilities to the masses. He was talking to assembly members of various districts here on Thursday.

Talking to the parliamentarians, the chief minister said all-out resources were being utilised for the speedy development of the province and special attention on backward areas. He said projects had also been started for the elimination of poverty and unemployment and interest-free loans of one billion rupees were being provided to the skilled. He said a sum of Rs 6 billion would be allocated next year for the provision of small loans. He said quality education was the key to progress and revolutionary measures had been taken for the uplift of the sector. He said the Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF) had been set up and the amount of the fund had now exceeded Rs 8 billion and the sum would reach Rs 10 billion next year.

Shahbaz said public-private partnership is being encouraged for the promotion of technical education. He said schools reformation programme was being successfully implemented in the province. He said British educationist Sir Michael Barbar, UK Department for International Development (DFID) and World Bank had also appreciated the steps taken by the provincial government in this regard. The CM said the agreement signed with Turkey for solid waste management would help in making the provincial metropolis a clean city while the youth would be equipped with technical education under the agreement. He said agreements had been made with Turkish companies for cooperation in technical education, transport and other sectors.

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LCWU head's firm stance on discipline
Lahore: Lahore College for Women University Vice-Chancellor Dr Sabiha Mansoor has made it clear that the university management will not allow anyone to sabotage the peaceful academic environment of the institution.

In order to deal with such cases, she said, disciplinary committee was being granted more powers. She was speaking to varsity's teaching and non-teaching staff at the LCWU auditorium on Thursday.

She also explained the roadmap to strengthen university's profile in terms of research so that it could find its place among world's top 500 universities. She stressed that every individual in the university should perform duties as required of them.

Dr Mansoor said only balanced education could counter extremism which was a bane of this society. "We must focus on producing moderate and balanced graduates bearing good moral character, harmony and flexible attitude. It is more important to develop human resources than infrastructure," she asserted.

She said there were more than 10,000 students on the university campus and it was imperative to improve the quality of its products. Being the head of institution, she said, she was fully aware of the problems of the staff.

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UVAS to work with two Turkish varsities
Lahore: University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha has said academic collaboration with two Turkish universities can help boost the livestock economy and transform farmers' fate.

The VC was speaking at an MoU-signing ceremony at varsity's conference hall on Thursday. The MoU was signed by UVAS VC Prof Pasha, Namik Kemal University Rector Prof Dr Osman Simsek and Middle East Technical University Prof Dr Inci Togan.

Prof Simsek said the agreement was intended to bring UVAS and two Turkish universities on a platform to coordinate efforts, work together and contribute to livestock economy's development. He stressed the need to conduct problem-oriented research. He said the university would facilitate the Punjab livestock and dairy development department by providing it research based data and solution to new challenges. He said the livestock sector had immense potential and it was a big source of profitable business. He said Pakistan had best dairy breed Nili-Ravi Buffalo and Sahiwal cow in the world.

He said Pakistan was a leading country with a huge number of cattle that could transform the country into a prosperous nation of the world. He said it was a great opportunity for students, faculty and researchers to benefit from each other's experiences and develop joint research projects, curriculum and faculty exchange.

Punjab agriculture and livestock minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh said the MoU would strengthen the existing relations between the two countries. He said collaboration in research and production of vaccines for livestock with the university and the livestock dairy development department would serve as a milestone.

Livestock and dairy development department secretary Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh said the government had launched Save the Calf programme, which would help livestock farmers increase meat production.

PAMCO chief executive officer Dr Hamid Jalil said Pakistan had 180 million livestock strength and it ranked fourth in the world followed by the US, India and China. He said livestock growers would be offered incentives to help raise livestock on scientific lines. Nepal envoy:

Nepal Ambassador Bala Bahadur Kunwar and Deputy Chief of Mission DP Bahandari visited the Punjab University on Thursday and called on Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran.

In the meeting, the Nepali ambassador and the vice chancellor agreed to enhance academic cooperation between the two countries.

The vice chancellor briefed the delegation about ongoing academic and research programmes, departments and campuses of the varsity.

The Nepali ambassador briefed the vice chancellor about the history of Nepal and said people of all religions were living in his country together. The news

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