50m illiterates get peanuts from budget

ISLAMABAD, May 21: Pakistan has over 50 million illiterate persons and strangely, the budget per illiterate person managed by the government is only two paisa (Rs0.02), estimates the United Nations E

Race for FDE head begins

ISLAMABAD, May 21: With the removal of Atif Mehmood Kayani on the directives of the Supreme Court, a race for the post of the director general, Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has started.

AIOU exams start today

ISLAMABAD, May 21: The final examinations for matriculation and postgraduate programmes of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) for semester autumn-2011 will begin today (Monday) through the countr

4 books being launched today

ISLAMABAD, May 21: The National Language Authority (NLA) will hold the launching ceremony of four books today (Monday).

Pashto as compulsory subject

PESHAWAR, May 21: The administrations of private schools in Pashto-speaking areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have failed to implement the provincial government’s decision to introduce Pashto as a compulsor

Terrorists blast govt school in Swabi

SWABI:May 21: Terrorists blasted a government-run primary school with explosives on Sunday morning. Another unexploded bomb was recovered near the site of the blast.

NUML to arrange Mehfil-e-Mushaira today

ISLAMABAD:May 21: The National University of Modern Languages (NUML) will hold a ‘Mehfil-e-Musharia’ today as a part of its literary initiatives.

IIUI admissions for fall semester

ISLAMABAD:May 21: The International Islamic University has started admissions for the fall semester and applications for admissions can be submitted by June 29.

Hazara University International Museum Day

MANSEHRA:May 21: The Department of Archeology of the Hazara University in collaboration with the Abbott Museum, Abbottabad observed the International Museum Day by holding a painting competition to hi

Dr Shafiq’s book launching ceremony

PESHAWAR:May 21: Speakers, including doctors and academicians, paid tributes to the services of known psychiatrist and writer Prof Dr Mohammad Shafiq in the field of medicine and literature here at th

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