Private schools operating in Punjab have decided to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s (SC) October 24, 2017 judgement in which it ordered that all private schools/colleges situated in cantonment areas be shut down.
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Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT) has won a competitive research grant of Rs. 97.705 million to establish a research laboratory to address multifaceted problems of traffic and transportation with the help of Information and Communication Technology.
The Punjab government has made progress in the appointment process of vice chancellors at four public sector universities of the province following Supreme Court chief justice’s displeasure over universities being run without regular vice chancellors.
Officials of the Punjab Literacy & Non Formal Basic Education (L&NFBE) Department on Thursday accepted the two key demands made by protesting employees and teachers, ending the daylong protest and sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly at the Chairing Cross junction in Lahore.
As human beings with varying idiosyncrasies, we are bound to come into conflict with other humans with ideals other than ours. But while beasts would prefer to settle scores with might, we, the Homo sapiens, can reasonably be expected to act in a much civil manner.
The 32nd Lahore International Book Fair (LIBF) that continued for five days at the Expo Centre Lahore came to a roaring end on Sunday.
The Punjab Chief Minster’s Special Monitoring Unit (SMU) has launched Pakistan’s first rural Innovation Hub for youth economic development in district Layyahin in collaboration with youth development organisation Bargad and Oxfam .
Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) has withdrawn its previous restrictions on leaves of college teachers and a letter has been issued directing principles to ensure implementation of the restructured leave policy in line with government rules.
Minister for Higher Education says culprits will not be spared
Punjab Higher Education Minister Syed Raza Ali Gilani has said profiles of students involved in recent violent clashes at University of Punjab had been prepared and the university disciplinary committee had the right to take action against the culprits.
The minister was addressing newsmen after his meeting with PU VC Zakaria Zakar and other senior officials of the varsity on Tuesday. According to an official hand out, the meeting took up various issues faced by the university, especially promotions of academic staff. Following the discussions, the minister formed two committees to identify impediments in way of teachers’ promotions, as well as for resolving other issues. The committees will present their findings and recommendation in two weeks.
While talking to reporters, Gilani said the purpose of meeting was to solve all the problems, adding that he had been invited by senior faculty members of PU. To a question, he said Khwaja Ahmed Hassan had been added to the committee upon his request, adding that none of the issues in Punjab University had been created by the government.
Asked about the recent clashes between rival student groups, the minister said he did not want to name any names. “I do not want to go into the details of who the main culprit was,” he said.
Gilani, who is also the pro chancellor of the PU said that students engaging in such violent activities were pardoned on admission of guilt and apologies in the past, “but this will not happen now”. “Elements resorting to violence will find no place inside Punjab University.”
The minister said the government was planning to conduct open courts in three to four universities. “If we manage to streamline the affairs and resolve issues of Punjab University, then all other universities can be corrected, as PU is the mother of all universities.
PU students sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand released
Terrorism charges against Punjab University students involved in last Monday’s violent clashes have been dropped on the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.