Pervez Hoodbhoy COVID-19 has made in-person exam proctoring impossible and so normal safeguards have disappeared. My inbox is full of anguished emails from university students across Pakistan bewailing the use of unfair and unethical means by their class fellows. Upon combining these complaints with those of my colleagues in various universities, and adding in my […]
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PESHAWAR: Health Foundation is yet to hand over eight hospitals in erstwhile FATA and Chitral outsourced to non-governmental organisations in erstwhile FATA and Chitral in June last year owing to objections by the Board of Governors. Sources said the operations of Health Foundation (HF), which was required to contract out health facilities under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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KARACHI: Dr Iqra Raza has achieved the distinction of being first oral and maxillofacial surgeon from Chitral, family sources told ChitralToday. She did her bachelor of dentistry (BDS) from Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry Karachi with distinction and the specialization from Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty focusing on reconstructive
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Faisal Bari Some provinces use the provincial/regional language as the medium of instruction in the early years. Others use Urdu or English, or a mix of both. Urdu and English are also taught as languages. Both are considered important. The only debate about them pertains to whether English should be introduced in the curriculum, if
BREP: A teenage boy from Brep, Upper Chitral, died in a road traffic accident in Peshawar on Thursday. Husni Mubarak, 15, son of Muhammad Ayub of Thurjal, Brep, was travelling on the pillion of a motorcycle with a friend from Peshawar when the accident occurred. However, the driver of the bike remained unhurt, family sources
BOONI: A volleyball tournament was organized by Royal Club Booni in which 14 teams from different areas participated. In the final match, Awi defeated Charvelan Deh and picked the trophy. Young social activist Javed Khan Lal was chief guest who distributed trophies and awards among the players. He also announced Rs10,000 for the organizing club
Farman Nisa Children are born with incredible abilities and desires to learn and the early experiences provide the foundation of their successes later in life. It is essential to create a conducive learning environment where children develop critical thinking, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills which lay a solid foundation for their mathematical development. Nowadays, due
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CHITRAL: Local people have demanded establishment of a material testing laboratory in Chitral for the departments of communication and works (C&W), irrigation and public health engineering to ensure quality of development works. Former MPA Syed Sardar Hussain Shah said in every district there was a material testing laboratory to test the quality of concrete, asphalt,
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Cambridge International has issued results of O-Levels and IGCSE exams taken during November 2020. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the university said results have been sent to about 460 schools ranging \”from private schools to semi-government schools across the country\”. \”This year Cambridge International took the decision to run exams for its global November
GARAM CHASHMA: The Garam Chashma road was damaged beyond repair in the 2015 floods and after the passage of over five years it could not be brought to the pre-flood condition. Due to lack of maintenance, the road\’s condition has further deteriorated and despite appeals and protests by local people, the dilapidated road was not
