Education

Shams Lakha tipped as new HEC chairman

ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Former president of Aga Khan University, Shams Kassim-Lakha has been tipped as the Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman. Lakha has served extensively in the education sector, including the role of caretaker minister for science and technology. Moreover, the PPP had also suggested him as a caretaker prime minister earlier in the year. […]

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Rally seeks promotion of education in Kalash valleys

KALASH, April 22: To increase enrollment ratio in the government primary schools of Kalash valleys, a rally was organized by the education department and Alif Ailaan (Transforming Education Pakistan). Students from government high school Mumuret (Bumborate) and primary schools participated in the rally. They were carrying banners and placards inscribed with the messages asking parents

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Over 850 teachers promoted

CHITRAL, Dec 17: At least 855 primary schoolteachers were promoted to the basic pay scale (BPS) of 14 and 15 by the departmental promotion committee Chitral. The promotion of the teachers – 595 males and 260 females – was approved at a meeting of the committee chaired by Minhajuddin, the deputy district officer (revenue and

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PM says will set up knowledge city

Govt out to destroy HEC, says Imran

ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the government’s intervention in the affairs of Higher Education Commission (HEC) is an ongoing policy of destroying all viable state institutions of the country. In a statement here on Friday, he said, “It seems that all viable state institutions are being destroyed one

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