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CM orders issuance of notification for Upper Chitral district

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan at a cabinet meeting on Thursday directed the immediate issuance of a notification regarding the creation of the Upper Chitral district. Presiding over the meeting, the chief minister said it was a promise of the previous PTI government which should be fulfilled as expeditiously as possible. The former […]

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Operation begins to remove encroachments from Drosh bazaar

DROSH: The local administration has launched an operation to clear the Drosh bazaar of encroachments, including illegal structures raised in front of shops. Assistant Commissioner Drosh Abdul Wali and Tehsil Municipal Officer Misbah Uddin supervised the drive helped by the police and levies personnel. The officials told local media that the campaign had been launched

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Ever-expanding \’exam culture\’ distancing students from true purpose of education: experts

PRESS RELEASE KARACHI: Pakistan’s plans to introduce an international mathematics and science assessment framework, TIMSS, nationwide could deepen flaws in the way student performance is assessed, according to experts at a conference jointly hosted by the Higher Education Commission, the British Council and Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development (IED). Speakers at the event noted

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Enduring an adolescent political \’regime\’

By Aziz Qazi Political volatility in Pakistan has remained conventional over the years. The only Islamic and nuclear power state has confronted a series of combative despotism. Remarkably, none of the elected democratic governments has engrossed the enormous requirements of the state. Decades after the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan once again started envisaging

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