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Aitchison College abolishes kinship
Lahore, June 21: The Aitchison College Board of Governors has
abolished the provision of kinship for admission to the college in a bid
to ensure admissions on merit. The decision was taken
in the Aitchison College BoG meeting chaired by Governor Chaudhry
Muhammad Sarwar at Governor House on Wednesday. The meeting has
unanimously decided that the college will not increase its fee so that
the students belonging to middle class families could also get quality
education at the institute. The meeting also reviewed progress of
different development projects. The meeting was attended by
college principal Shamim Ahmad Khan, GOC Lahore, Dr Safdar Abbasi, Dr
Ayesha Ghous, Raza Quli Khan and Dr Umer Saif. Dawn
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PU cancels vacation of security staff
Lahore: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran on
Tuesday presided over an emergency meeting of all heads of departments
at Al-Raazi Hall to review PU's security arrangement in the light of
situation prevailing in the country. The participants of the meeting
decided to take stern measures to further tighten the varsity's security
and keep a vigilant eye on suspicious elements. They also decided to
cancel vacation of security staff. They offered fateha for the victims
of Quetta and Karachi terrorist attacks besides condemning the attacks. Daily times
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Two PhDs awarded
Lahore: Punjab University (PU) has awarded PhD degrees to two scholars in different subjects. Shahzada
Nadeem Abbas s/o Ghulam Rasool has been awarded a PhD degree in the
subject of Biological Sciences after the approval of his thesis "Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Studies on Mechanism and Stereochemistry of the
Reaction Catalysed by Phosphoglucose Isomerase from Thermococcus
Kodakaraensis" while Jamshed Ali s/o Ziarat Gul in the subject of
Pharmacology after the approval of his thesis titled "Pharmalogical
Screening of Hypericum and Valerian Species Potentially Useful for
Depression Pain and Addiction". workshops: The Career
Counselling and Placement Centre of Punjab University organised training
workshops at different departments of the varsity on "Interview Skills
and CV Writing" and "Self-exploration". Trainer Qasim Ali
Shah, Atif Mirza and Farhan Shabbir shared interesting and useful tips
with the participants of the workshops. Meanwhile, PU Institute of
Applied Psychology (IAP) and Centre for Clinical Psychology (CCP) in
collaboration with the Department of Library and Information Science
(DLIS) organised a workshop on "Managing Qualitative Research with Nvivo
10" at IAP. Besides faculty members, MS/MPhil/PhD scholars and students
attended the workshop. Dr Kanwal gave a lecture on "Overview of the
Qualitative Research" followed by an extensive workshop conducted by Dr
Shafiq.
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IJT activists 'manhandle' PU guards
Lahore: A few activists of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) of Science College on
Tuesday allegedly manhandled Punjab University (PU) security staff
deputed at Gate I. In a statement, a PU spokesperson said
the varsity administration had tightened the security at all entry and
exit gates keeping in view the current situation of the country and no
one was being allowed to enter the university without proving identity.
He said that on Tuesday afternoon, four IJT activists riding a
government number plate motorcycle bearing registration number LEQ-3348
tried to enter from gate I where PU security guards asked them to prove
their identity, upon which, they got infuriated and manhandled the
security staff, interfering in the security system.
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UET approves Rs3.7b budget
Lahore: University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Syndicate has approved Rs 3.724
billion budget for the year 2014-15 with a deficit of around Rs 12
million. According to a UET spokesperson, the UET
Syndicate meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Muhammad Akram Khan
approved the recurring budget of Rs 2.435 billion and development budget
of Rs 1.296 billion. A raise of 10 percent in the salaries and pensions has also been approved despite financial constraints. The
spokesperson said Rs 145 million had been proposed for solar energy
equipment, Rs 109.108 million for student scholarships, Rs 70 million
for UET Rachna College of Engineering and Technology, Gujranwala and Rs
500 million for UET Narowal Campus. To generate income,
the UET Syndicate also approved new projects, including distance
learning programme and incubation activities, for which Rs 6 million and
Rs 18 million have been allocated, respectively. The
syndicate approved Rs 20 million for National Library, Rs 30.5 million
for transport, Rs 10.7 million for examinations, Rs 60.7 million for
general administration, Rs 90.7 million for student services and Rs
130.43 million for Kala Shah Kaku Campus. The syndicate also paid rich tributes to the UET vice chancellor for his efforts for the development of the university.
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UET vacation
Lahore: The University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, on Saturday
announced its schedule for summer vacation starting from June 17. The
summer break will be observed till August 2, however, examinations will
continue according to the schedule.
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Lahore schools await IT labs announced in previous budget
Lahore: The EDO Education Lahore has failed to establish/ replace IT labs and
provide science equipment to selected public schools of the provincial
metropolis, as announced in the budget for fiscal year 2013-14. Sources
privy to the developments disclosed that Lahore was the only district
of Punjab where one of the flagship projects of Chief Minister Shahbaz
Sharif as announced in the previous budget could not even take off
despite passage of a year. They said while many of the
districts had already completed the procurement process and had been
establishing the labs and providing laboratory equipment to selected
schools while some were in the process of procurement of supplies these
days. According to the sources, around Rs96 million were
released to the district government Lahore for establishment of IT labs
in 12 elementary and 40 high schools besides up-gradation/replacement of
such labs in 20 schools. Around Rs26 million were released for the
provision of equipment for science labs at 30 selected schools of
Lahore. This is certainly going to be a challenge for the
new DCO Lahore Capt (r) Muhammad Usman as undoubtedly the rise in cost
vis-à-vis delay in the process owing to ever increasing inflation is
certainly unavoidable and a loss to provincial kitty is obvious in the
given circumstances. It is learnt that in December 2013,
Secretary School Education Punjab Abdul Jabbar Shaheen had directed all
the EDOs (Education) across the province to ensure procurement of
required supplies at the earliest for establishing and strengthening IT
and sciences labs. It is also worth mentioning here that
on the directions of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, IT labs were
established at 4,286 high and higher secondary schools of the province
in the year 2009 for which Rs5 billion were allocated in the 2008-09
budget. It is also interesting that besides other targets the Schools
Department has set a target of providing of IT labs in 900 secondary
schools and 500 in elementary schools across Punjab in the new budget. When
contacted, EDO Education Muhammad Pervaiz Akhtar Khan claimed that
tenders were floated twice for the purpose of IT labs and science
equipment but bidding were cancelled. He said technical committee
cancelled the bidding because of low number of bidders and because the
samples were not as per the standard required. To a question, Pervaiz
Akhtar said though the funds were allocated in the previous budget but
were released in January/February this year. The EDO Education did not
recall when the second tender was floated and said the first tender was
floated in May this year while the third on June 13, 2014. He said the
process would be completed within the ongoing summer vacation, which
continued till August 14.
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BZU announces result
Multan: The Bahauddin Zakariya University on Saturday announced the result of BTech
Electronics Technology part I second annual 2012 and first annual
examination 2013 here. Total 342 candidates appeared in
the exams while 100 were declared successful with 75 per cent pass
percentage. The roll numbers of successful candidates are: 30, 32, 33,
36, 40, 44, 48, 50, 51, 1351, 1355, 1359, 1362, 1363, 1365, 1366, 1367,
1370, 1372, 1373, 1375, 1376, 1377, 1380, 1383, 1384, 1389, 1398, 1407,
1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1417, 1418, 1432, 1446, 1453,
1455, 1457, 1459, 1462, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1484, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494,
1496, 1499, 1500, 1503, 1505, 1509, 1511, 1412, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517,
1519, 1521, 1523, 1524, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1536, 1538, 1539, 1540,
1541, 1542, 1543, 1545, 1549, 1554, 1555, 1557, 1559, 1563, 1564, 1565,
1567, 1568, 1581, 1583, 3017, 3029, 3069, 3079 and 3080. The news
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