Daily Archives: September 29th, 2011
Dr. Syed Mubashir Ali appointed Registrar of LUMS
Dr. Syed Mubashir Ali appointed Registrar of LUMS Dr. Syed Mubashir Ali has been appointed the next Registrar at LUMS and will assume the office from October 1, 2011. Dr. Ali would be taking over from Dr. Tariq Jadoon, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering at the School of Science and Engineering, who previously held this office. [...]
LUMS athletes receive high ranking!
LUMS athletes receive high ranking! LUMS athletes are determined to achieve athletic excellence and this has been confirmed by Higher Education Commission (HEC) as the university has received an overall sports ranking of 15th position in Intervarsity Men’s Championships and 10th position in Intervarsity Women’s Championships amongst 132 universities of Pakistan. This is a milestone [...]
GCU LAHORE & PFSA DECIDE TO HOLD WOKSHOPS WITH MUTUAL COLLABORATION
GCU LAHORE & PFSA DECIDE TO HOLD WOKSHOPS WITH MUTUAL COLLABORATION GC University (GCU) Lahore and Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) have decided to organize training workshops for professionals involved in law enforcement to understand forensics. This was agreed during a meeting of PFSA Director General Dr. Muhammad Ashraf Tahir with GC University Vice Chancellor [...]
IUB extends date for admissions
IUB extends date for admissions September 29, 2011 BAHAWALPUR – A meeting, presided over by Islamia University Bahawalpur Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Mukhtar, decided to extend the admission date of undergraduate and master programmes up till September 29, 2011. The meeting was attended by deans, principals of constituent colleges and heads of academic departments. Now [...]
GCU, PFSA decide to join hands
GCU, PFSA decide to join hands September 29, 2011 LAHORE – The Govt College University (GCU) Lahore and Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) have decided to hold training workshops for professionals including lawyers, doctors, investigators, and persons involved in law enforcement to understand forensics. This was agreed during a meeting of PFSA Director General Dr [...]
Rs3.5m State medicines recovered, 12 arrested
Rs3.5m State medicines recovered, 12 arrested LAHORE – Sep 29, 2011 The Special Drug Squad, headed by DIG Maj Mubashar Ullah, has recovered stolen government medicines worth Rs 3.5 million from various private hospitals and medical stores and arrested 12 persons including a ward boy of Services Hospital. Cases have been registered against the accused [...]
Death trip drives bus ban demand
Death trip drives bus ban demand LAHORE – In the backdrop of the Kalar Kahar student bus accident which killed 36 schoolboys, a petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court to restrict operation of vehicles which do not meet the fitness criteria set under the Motor Vehicle Ordinance (1965) and Motor Vehicle Rules [...]
Tension at MUET campus
Tension at MUET campus Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology campus in Jamshoro on Tuesday after activists belonging to student wings of some political parties resorted to aerial firing. Reports said that the Sindh People’s Students Federation opened its office at the university, which was opposed by activists of some [...]
POST Graduate Medical Institute to honour nurse
POST Graduate Medical Institute to honour nurse LAHORE: Postgraduate Medical Institute/Lahore General Hospital (PGMI/LGH) Principal Prof Dr Tariq Salah-ud-Din while terming the demised student nurse Asma Kanwal as martyr has demanded the government award her Tamgha-e-Shujaat, as she offered her life fighting for national cause to curb the dengue. He also stressed the Punjab government [...]
School timings changed again
School timings changed again LAHORE, Sept 29: The government has again changed the timings of public and private schools in the city. The new timings will be from 8am to 2pm from Oct 3. The government on Sept 26 had changed school timings (9am to 3pm) in the wake of dengue outbreak. It had [...]
LHC moved for Kallar Kahar crash probe
LHC moved for Kallar Kahar crash probe LAHORE: A PETITION has been filed in the Lahore High Court for constitution of a judicial commission to probe the bus crash in Kallar Kahar area in which 37 persons, including 32 children, were killed. Azhar Siddique advocate filed the petition on Wednesday, pleading the court to stop [...]
Probe into hospital death
Probe into hospital death LAHORE: The Shalimar Hospital administration has constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the death of a youth, whose family accused the hospital doctors of negligence in the treatment of the patient. The inquiry committee will submit its findings after thorough probe into the matter. According to a press release issued here on [...]
Doctors demand outages-free Lahore for dengue control
Doctors demand outages-free Lahore for dengue control LAHORE: SENIOR doctors have demanded of the authorities concerned to exempt Lahore from electricity loadshedding, which is only contributing to intensify the spread of dengue virus among the population in the dengue-affected provincial metropolis. The problems of dengue patients should be lessened by ending loadshedding in Lahore, said vice-chancellors [...]
KU announces results of syndicate election 2011
KU announces results of syndicate election 2011 KARACHI; Sep 29, 2011: The University of Karachi (KU) on Wednesday declared Dr Majid Mumtaz, Dr Fayyaz Hussain Madni, Dr Muhammad Haris Shoaib and Ghazal Khawaja as the successful candidates in its syndicate election 2011 for reserved seats. KU Registrar Prof Kaleem Raza Khan issued the notification of [...]
KMDC gives control of Nazeer Hussain Kidney Centre to CDGK
KMDC gives control of Nazeer Hussain Kidney Centre to CDGK KARACHI; Sep 29, 2011: The governing body of Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC) gave approval to the giving of control of Nazeer Hussain Kidney Centre to the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) during a meeting on Wednesday, which was chaired by DCO Karachi Muhammad [...]
Teachers stage protest against non-upgradation
Teachers stage protest against non-upgradation ISLAMABAD: The teachers of Islamabad Model College F-7/4 on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against non-upgradation of their scales and boycotted classes. Vice President of Teachers Association Yasmeen Tahir Bukhari briefed the teachers on the upgradation process as well as the possible future strategy to get their right. Head of [...]
Plea against appointments -LHC issues notices to vice chancellors of four public universities
Plea against appointments -LHC issues notices to vice chancellors of four public universities LAHORE; Sep 29, 2011: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Wednesday, on an inter-court appeal against appointments issued notices to vice chancellors (VCs) of four public sector universities. The bench directed the VCs to join the court proceedings [...]
NCA students, teachers end protest
NCA students, teachers end protest LAHORE; Sept 29, 2011: The protesting students and the faculty members of the National College of Arts (NCA) unanimously decided to wind up their protest and resume regular classes, during a meeting on Wednesday. Acting Principal Bashir Ahmed, although expected to attend the meeting, did not show up. Earlier on [...]


