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Karachi, Feb 27: Educational prospects of a large number of school-going children in Sindh are bleak as 1,300 institutions have not been getting the monthly funds promised under a public-private partnership..

Islamabad, Feb 27: Running against time, the National Assembly gave its nod to another of what some critics regard as too many universities coming to Islamabad in a hurry..

Karachi, Feb 26: Sindh Assembly has passed a new law to make the federal Higher Education Commission totally irrelevant in relation to the Sindh province by setting up its own provincial HEC that has been given all the powers, including the authority to verify degrees..

Lahore, Feb 26: Punjab University (PU) announced the results of BCom Part-I and II 2nd annual examination 2012 and BSc Home Economics Third Year 2nd annual examination 2012..

Karachi, Feb 26: The Convocation 2013 of the NED University of Engineering and Technology will be held at its main campus here on February 28..

Karachi, Feb 26: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), former ally of the present ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), has strongly responded to the controversial remarks of Senior Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Pir Mazharul Haq about foundation of a university in Hyderabad..

Islamabad, Feb 26: HEC has placed before all the medical varsities of the country three alternatives to entrance test or scholastic aptitude test part-II (SAT-II) for the students from the developing Muslim countries with poor English language skills..

Karachi, Feb 26: A higher education commission (HEC) cannot be set up at the provincial level because such a committee is run at the federal level in various countries across the world..

Karachi, Feb 26: The University of Karachi (KU) has been experiencing one of the worst financial crunches, which has resulted in KU being unable to pay the salaries of its teaching and non-teaching staff..

Karachi, Feb 26: The University of Karachi (KU) has extended the last date for registration of MA (Private) candidates till March 7..

Islamabad, Feb 26: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has not only been caught red-handed in registering fake doctors but its top guns have also registered as many as 19 sub-standard medical colleges in the country..

Karachi, Feb 26: The 17th convocation of the Hamdard University was held at its Madinat al Hikmah (City of Education, Science and Culture)..

Karachi, Feb 26: Many private schools in the metropolis have issued directions to parents of students to pay June-July fees in advance despite Directorate of Private Institution Sindh restraining them..

Lahore, Feb 26: The two-day Lahore Literary Festival, which got a frenzied response from the Lahorites, ended with enlightening discussions on literature, celebration of masterpieces of local and international writers and social discourse on the past, present and future of literature..

Karachi, Feb 23: With the situation in Karachi always war-like, school associations are planning to train teachers in multitasking. In the near future, teachers would guard a school, give first aid and keep strangers out..

Islamabad, Feb 23: In the local context, choosing to write in English has so far proven to be a safe political choice because not a single Pakistani English writer has been banned or tried for anything critical since Ahmed Ali's Angarein 1932..

Lahore, Feb 22: Nearly 300 scholars pursuing bachelor's and master's degrees under the Balochistan-FATA programme of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) are facing problems in managing food and other living expenses, as their stipend have not been released for the past eight months..

Islamabad, Feb 22: Higher Education Commission (HEC) scholar Dr Wahid Bux Jatoi has completed a post-doctoral fellowship at France in the synthesis and development of new pain killers..

Islamabad, Feb 21: Nearly 300 scholars pursuing bachelor's and master's degrees under the Balochistan-FATA programme of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) are facing problems in managing food and other living expenses, as their stipend have not been released for the past eight months..

Hyderabad, Feb 21: The Advanced Studies and Research Board (ASRB) of Sindh University approved on Wednesday the conferment of 27 postgraduate degrees to scholars of various disciplines..