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Exams cancelled in Sindh amid Biparjoy threat

KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced cancelling all examinations from tomorrow (Wednesday) in the wake of the Very Severe Cyclonic System (VSCS) Biparjoy which is expected to make its landfall between Karachi and India’s Gujarat on Thursday.  Issuing a notification in this regard, Karachi’s Assistant Commissioner Abid Qamar Shaikh said: “All examinations, education seminars, summer

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Quality education top priority: Ahsan

LAHORE: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal says provision of quality education to students is top priority of government. Addressing a ceremony in Lahore today, he informed that hefty investments were made in the country through China Pakistan Economic Corridor during previous PML (N) tenure. He said that PML-N had installed electricity projects of eleven thousand megawatts

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Modest increase in education budget

ISLAMABAD: The government’s allocation of Rs97.098 billion for education affairs and services in the federal budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 has drawn attention and criticism for its modest increase of around 5.5 percent compared to the revised allocation of the current fiscal year. With Pakistan’s public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

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Universities asked to play role in preventing extremism

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday called upon universities to play an active role in preventing intolerance, extremism and violence in society, particularly among students, and guide them towards a positive mindset. The universities, he said, should arrange regular capacity-building training sessions for their management and faculty members to inculcate in students the ability

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