Around 80 million Pakistanis suffer from one or more Non-Communicable Diseases or NCDs, a set of chronic illnesses including cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, conditions caused due to tobacco consumption, and mental problems resulting from poor lifestyle choices and environmental risks.
Saudi Arabia and some other Arab countries have banned the century-old MS (Master of Surgery) and MD (Doctor of Medicine) postgraduate degree programmes, removing it from the highest-paid tier of medics in the Kingdom. This decision can reportedly affect hundreds of qualified medical practitioners who are jobless at the moment. Several are present in Saudi Arabia who have now been asked to leave or face deportation.
International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi (UoK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University of Education (UE), Lahore on Tuesday.
The Vice-Chancellors’ Committee has urged the government to revisit its decision regarding budgetary cut, especially the recurring budget of the higher education sector and announce a supplementary grant for universities. A meeting of the committee was held at the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Islamabad to discuss the challenges arising out of the budgetary cuts for the higher education sector.
The Sindh cabinet meeting took important education-related decisions on Saturday, in a meeting that lasted for record eight and a half hours. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presided over the meeting, which was steered by the chief secretary and attended by all the provincial ministers, advisers and important provincial government officers.
The Aga Khan University (AKU) has been ranked among the top 100 universities of the world for clinical medicine and also among the top 200 varsities of the world for public health by the newest ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019. The list was compiled by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, according to an official statement released by AKU on Sunday.
For the implementation of a uniform education system in Punjab, the provincial government has decided to formulate a curriculum authority, as per the sources. Under this new initiative, five subjects will be made compulsory up till matriculation, and all the government and private educational institutes will take exams of these compulsory subjects only.
Following the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan and on the instructions of Punjab Health Minister Prof Dr Yasmin Rashid, King Edward Medical University organised a ceremony in connection with its tree plantation campaign on its new campus on Mureedke-Narowal Road.
State Minister for Climate Change Zartaj Gul was the chief guest of the event. KEMU Project Director New Campus Prof M Haroon Hamid KEMU Green Task Force Chairman Prof Dr Zahid Kammal Sadique welcomed the guests. Gul emphasised the need for tree plantation for a healthy environment. She said, “Soon we will see clean and green Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.” She appreciated the efforts of KEMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Khalid Masood Gondal and his team for making the new campus clean and green.
Punjab Higher Education Commission Chairman Prof Dr Fazal Ahmed Khalid assured his support to KEMU. He said KEMU was a role model for other medical universities in Punjab. Dr Sohail Suqlain, P&D Commission member health and Kemcolian, said he would play his role in the approval of PC-II and subsequent completion of the KEMU new campus project.
Omar Aftab, parliamentary secretary of planning and development, welcomed the minister for state and other guests to his constituency. He assured his support as a member of the syndicate and as parliamentarian for completion of the project.
Dr Azeemuddin Zahid, Kemcolian and chairman of Punjab Health Commission, hoped the current government would support the university in its projects and take it to new heights. He said the recent letter by the HEC of Pakistan expressing satisfaction on the quality of the university with above 90 percent marks in quality reflected the efforts of the university faculty, and QEC Director Prof Asghar Naqi deserved special praise for that.
The KEMU VC highlighted the academic and research projects of the university. He said 5, 000 saplings would be planted to make the new campus green.
Indian is regarded among the least desirable education hubs for international students. As per a new report released by London-based educational consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) only four cities have made it to the list of “Best Student City Ranking 2019.” Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, and New Delhi secured spots in the international ranking list, released by QS on July 31.
The Government College University Lahore has established a Business Incubation Centre (BIC) with a cost of Rs16.42 million to promote self-employment among youth.