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BISE, Lahore announced Intermediate Part-I result
BISE, Lahore's Intermediate Part-I result
Lahore, Sep 16: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary
Education (BISE), Lahore announced the result of Intermediate Part-I Annual
Examination-2008 here on Monday. The board spokesman said that a total of
103,090 candidates appeared in the examination, which was held in May this year. App
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Names of alleged plagiarists removed from HEC website
Lahore: The names of the Punjab University (PU) teachers who were forcibly retired for plagiarism,
and were blacklisted by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) last year, have
been removed from the HEC website's list of plagiarists, sources within the HEC
told Daily Times on Monday.
The HEC blacklisted the names of several
teachers of the PU on its official website, as it was believed that these
teachers were guilty of plagiarism. These teachers included Mian Aftab Ahmed, Dr
Fazli Aleem, Rashid Ahmed, Sohail Afzal Tahir, Alam Saeed and Maqsood
Ahmed.
Letter: The names of the plagiarists were deleted after the HEC
received a letter from a foreign university that claimed that the teachers were
not plagiarists and their names should be removed from the website. The foreign
university, which has published several research articles of these teachers in
the past, pointed out that they (the teachers) were not plagiarists and that
their reputation was at stake due to the action taken against them by the PU and
HEC, the sources told Daily Times.
Restore jobs: PU Academic Staff
Association (PUASA) President Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Salik said that the action of the
HEC in removing their names from it's website proved that the teachers were not
plagiarists, adding that PUASA, along with the teaching community, demanded that
Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer restore the jobs of these teachers. He also said
that these teachers were among the best scientists of the country and were a
valuable asset.
PU former chancellor and former governor Punjab, Khalid
Maqbool, had forced these teachers to compulsory retirement as punishment for
alleged plagiarism. He claimed to have taken this action after being recommended
to do so by a highly qualified inquiry committee. In retaliation, the teachers
boycotted the governor and protested against the decision by welcoming him with
black flags when he visited the university. The teachers also blamed PU Vice
Chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran for supporting this action due to personal
bias.
Already punished: However, HEC Executive Director Dr Sohail Naqvi
said that after the teachers had been duly punished, there was no need to post
their names on the official website. He added that the purpose of highlighting
their names on the website had only been to strongly discourage plagiarism. A PU
teacher, seeking anonymity, said that the teachers' community was pleased by the
decision to remove the names of the alleged plagiarists from the official
website. He added that after the plagiarism charges had been levied against the
teachers, the academic environment of the varsity had been disturbed as the
teachers who were once united had become divided into different groups.
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FPSC may replace old marking system of CSS
Lahore: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) said on
Monday that they are likely to replace the old system of passing marks in essays
and compositions by introducing a combined marking system for English papers in
the Central Superior Services (CSS) examination.
According to sources,
the FPSC had submitted proposals in this regard to Senate Chairman Mohammadmian
Soomro, during his time as caretaker premier in the last caretaker
setup.
According to statistics, the initial criteria to qualify for the
CSS written exams was 25% of the total marks and was later increased to 33 % by
General Zia ul Haq. The qualifying criterion was then made 50% during General
(r) Pervez Musharraf's era.
Consists: The CSS examination has six
compulsory papers of 600 marks and other optional papers of 600 marks.
A
minimum of 40% is necessary in the compulsory subjects to pass the written
examination. An overall of 50% is required in all papers to
qualify.
Compulsory subjects in CSS examination are English (Essay and
Composition), General Knowledge (GK), which includes Pakistan Affairs, Current
Affairs and Everyday Sciences, which carry 100 marks each, and Islamic Studies,
which carries 100 marks.
According to the FPSC, candidates have to
secure 120 marks in the GK papers. If candidates obtain 30 marks in Pakistan
Affairs, 20 marks in Current Affairs and 70 marks in Everyday Science, the
candidate will be able to pass GK. While the individual pass marks in GK papers
is 40%. The FPSC introduced an aggregate marking system to facilitate
candidates.
The English papers carry 200 marks; 100 marks for Essays and
100 marks for Composition. According to the FPSC, candidates have to secure 40
marks in each of the English papers to pass. If any candidate gets 55 marks in
Essay and 35 marks in Composition, then the candidate is not eligible to qualify
the CSS written examination.
According to sources, the FPSC is likely to
re-send its proposals to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to sanction the
collective marking system. If approval is granted, this will be advertised, FPSC
sources said. This would allow candidates to obtain aggregate marks of 80 in
both English papers. Daily Times
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GCU announces M.Sc. & B.Sc (Hons) Results
Lahore: The GC University Lahore has announced the results of Master of Science
Part-II and B.Sc (Hons) Part-IV Final Examination 2008 in the subject of
Physics. On the basis of total score obtained in MSc part-I final examination
2007 and part-II Final Examination 2008, Muhammad Sarfraz got first position by
securing 1109 marks out of 1300 marks while Muhammad Javaid Iqbal and Ataqa
Noreen remained at second and third positions by securing 1079 and 1062 marks
respectively. According to a notification issued from the office of the
Controller of Examinations of GCU Lahore, 24 candidates appeared in the MSc
while 15 candidates appeared in the BSc (Hons) examination and out of them 22
and 12 were declared successful. The pass percentage in MSc remained 91.67 and
in BSc (Hons) 80. Following are the Roll. Nos. of the successful candidates in
M.Sc. Physics. 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 558, 559, 560, 561, 564, 566, 567,
569, 570, 572, 574, 575, 576, 578, 581, and 582 B.Sc (Hons): 77, 78, 79, 80, 81,
83, 89, 91, 93, 95, 102 and 103. F.P Report
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PVMC barred from UVAS degree ads
Lahore: The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL) has
barred the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC) from publishing any
advertisements in the press on the issue of BS degree programmes of the
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore.
According to
a statement, in a letter to the PVMC Secretary/Registrar, Animal Husbandry
Commissioner (AHC) Dr RH Usmani asked the council not to publish any misleading
press advertisements on this issue without getting prior approval of the MinFAL
federal secretary.
The BS degree programs in Fisheries and Aquaculture,
Dairy Technology and Poultry Science of the UVAS are non-veterinary degree
courses and do not required recognition from the PVMC. These degree programmes
were launched last year by the chancellor/ Punjab governor in the presence of
officials of the Higher Education Commission. The statutory bodies of the
university had approved all these programmes before their initiation and they
were started on the demand of stakeholders in dairy, fisheries and poultry
sectors.
On Secretary instructions, Dr M Afzal, Chief Executive Officer,
Livestock and Dairy Development Board, Islamabad, Dr RH Usmani, Animal Husbandry
Commissioner, Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha, Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences
Business Management, UVAS, and Dr Alamdar Hussain Malik, Registrar/ Secretary,
PVMC, deliberated on the issue in a meeting in Islamabad last week. The
committee could not find any provision in the PVMC Act to give misleading
advertisements in the press. When contacted, PVMC Secretary/Registrar Dr Alamdar
Hussain Malik said the council promptly responded to the letter received from
the AHC office with the stand that PVMC shall definitely respond to any unlawful
action of any forum challenging the council's writ, jurisdiction and mandate
given by the parliament. The News
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