Regularisation of Punjab's 100,000 teachers
Punjab's 100,000 teachers benefited from regularisation
Lahore, Oct 18: Punjab Minister for Education Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman has said that more than
100,000 teachers had benefited from Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif's
decision of regularizing the contract employees of the province. He
urged teachers to restore confidence of people in the government
schools. According to a handout here on Saturday, he was addressing the
inaugural ceremony of the Government High School for Boys, Tajpura. The
minister said that for promoting education in the province, the chief minister
had taken measures like cash prizes for position holders, endowment fund,
teachers' training and financial packages for teachers. He said people
were appreciating the people-friendly measures of the chief minister. He said
high schools for boys and girls of Tajpura Scheme had been upgraded to the
higher secondary level to meet the educational needs of the area.
Speaking on the occasion, MPAs Rana Tajammal Hussain and Haji Allah
Rakha thanked the chief minister for the beautification of boys school at a cost
of Rs 2.30 crore and provision of required staff. Prof Hafiz Muhammad
Ahsraf, Col (Retd) Tasleem Bari, Rana Tajamal Hussain MPA, Union Council Nazim
Malik Shaukat Ali and Haji Allah Rakha MPA also spoke on the occasion. The news
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LUMS promised to abolish all public displays of affection
Lahore: Authorities at the Lahore University of Management Sciences
(LUMS) have promised to abolish all public displays of affection after
a student blasted another female student for giving her boyfriend a peck on the
cheek during Ramzan, the Christian Science Monitor has reported. The kiss,
witnessed and documented by Tajwar Tashfin Awan - and then criticised in an
email to the entire university as part of her "dossier" against public displays
of affection (PDA) on campus - has sparked a debate on how conservative
Pakistani society should be. In light of the email, the LUMS Office of Student
Affairs has promised to issue a code of conduct to ban PDAs – a measure some
students have lauded, and others rolled their eyes at. The debate has pointed
out the drastically different ideological directions in which youth across the
country are being pulled, says Asif Akthar, the blogger who first reported the
story. "I think [the debate] signifies a conflict between different cultural
identities and shows there is something unresolved there," he says. Daily times
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Educational institutions told to hire guards
Toba Tek Singh: District Coordination Officer Rana Amanullah Khan on
Saturday directed the heads of all educational institutions to hire security
guards to check all visitors. Presiding over a meeting on security
measures at his office, Khan told the heads of educational institutions to equip
their security guards with metal detectors and keep vendors away from the main
gates. Also, the DCO told the police to take special measures for the
security of Chinese engineers and their staff who were working on
Toba-Chichawatni road project. Dawn
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MAO College improved performance
Lahore: Government Mao College Mass Communication Department Head Prof Awais Ahmed Bajwa
Saturday said his students' dedication and teachers' efforts would bring more
success and honour to the department and the college in the future. He
said MAO College Mass Communication Department students, 2008-10, remained
prominent by securing 97 per cent success result in the Punjab University Mass
Communication Part I examinations. The MAO College's success rate is higher than
all other institutions and the University's overall success ratio in this exam,
he said. Eighty-four per cent students attained first division. Three students
Aiza Nawaz, Sabahat Butt and Adnan Ahmed Khan secured 5th, 368 marks, 6th, 365
marks and 8th, 363 mark, positions. Prof Awais Bajwa paid tribute to Govt
MAO College Principal Zafar ul Mohsin Peerzada and said that his role both as a
teacher and principal played key part in this brilliant result. He expressed
hope that the students and the teachers would continue their efforts for
distinguished position.
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Lahore Matric, Inter results distinction
Lahore: Sundas Shahzad, daughter of Lt. Col Sohail Shahzad, secured 460 marks out of 505
marks in the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education First Year
(pre-medical) Examinations. She is a student of Kinnaird
College. Ruman Shahzad, daughter of Lt. Col Sohail
Shahzad, got 441 marks out of 480 marks in the ninth class examination held by
the Lahore Board in 2009. She is a student of Divisional Public School, Model
Town.
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Science quiz 2009 held
Lahore: The final round of science quiz 2009 as a part of annual science competitions,
jointly sponsored by the National Museum of Science and Technology, Lahore,
Anjuman Barai Taleem, Lahore, and Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad, was
held at the museum auditorium here on Saturday. According to a press
release, the Trust School System, Thokar Niaz Baig got first position, the
Society Public Girls High School, Mughalpura, held second position and the
Society Public Boys High School, Mughalpura, secured third
position. Iqbal Nabi Nadeem, Director General, Urdu Science Board, also
opened a posters' exhibition on "The Art and Science of Jewellery" for public at
the museum. The four-day science innovation (models) competition and
exhibition will be held from October 21 to 24.
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UVAS awarded PhD degree
Lahore: Muhammad Yasir Mustafa Butt has been got a PhD in Microbiology from the
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. According to a press statement
issued on Saturday, he completed his PhD under the supervision of Prof Muhammad
Akram Munir. The title of his thesis was 'Effect of various stress factors on
the on the immune response of broilers'.
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US official visited GCU
Lahore: US Consulate Public Affairs Officer Mr James visited the Government College
University here on Saturday. According to a press release here, he visited
various sections of the university, including libraries, Bokhari Auditorium, Old
Hall, amphitheatre and Oval Ground. He was given a detailed briefing about the
history, infrastructure, culture and achievements of the university. The news
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