LAHORE : Provincial Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfaraz has said the examination system of the country needs to be improved for the entrance test to be abolished.

LAHORE:21 January: After successfully completing one year of organising programmes for the promotion of book reading culture in academia, the PU Library Book Club organised the first programme of the year 2019. PU Department of English Language and Literature Chairperson Prof Dr Amra Raza introduced an English poetry book written by Shadab Zeest Hashmi “Ghazal Cosmopolitan: Ghazals and Essays on the Culture and Craft of the Ghazal”. She melodiously recited some verses from the book and the audience enjoyed her style of narration.

LAHORE :January 20: Punjab University has declared results of MA Urdu part-I annual examination 2018, MA Islamic Studies part-I annual examination 2018 and MSc Chemistry part-I annual examination 2018. Detailed results are available on PU website.The news.

LAHORE :January 20: Punjab University has issued schedule for submission of admission forms for MA/MSc part-I supplementary examination 2018. The last date for submission of admission forms for late college/ private candidates is January 31. Further details are available on PU website.The news.

LHORE:18 January: An accountability court on Thursday extended judicial remand of Sargodha University former Vice-Chancellor Dr Muhammad Akram Chaudhry and the university’s former registrar Brigadier Rtd Rao Jamil Asghar , accused of receiving millions of rupees as bribe for allowing establishment of illegal sub-campuses under the public private partnership policy and jeopardizing the future of thousands of students. The court has also extended judicial remand of other accused in the scam including, Muhammad Akram, Mandi Bahauddin sub-campus CEO Waris Nadeem and his partner Naeem Mukhtar.

Lahore:January 18:Punjab University’s Institute of Applied Psychology in collaboration with College of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Centre for Health and Gender Equality (CHANGE) organised a three-day students’ societies training to promote peace narrative through arts and culture.

LAHORE:17 January: The inter-university boards have been established at the national and provincial levels to standardise medical education especially at the postgraduate level, and to hold a single uniform entrance test for admission to various programmes.

LAHORE:January 14: Gilgit-Baltistan Students Federation on Sunday staged a protest demonstration at Liberty, against police for not arresting the culprits involved in the murder of a student. The protesters said that the police concerned were reluctant to round up the culprits who had kidnapped and killed a student Ejaz in Rawalpindi 10 days back. They demanded the authority concerned to look into the matter and direct the police to arrest the murderers.The news.

FAISALABAD:12 January: University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice-Chancellor Dr Zafar Iqbal Randhawa Friday announced donating his seven acres of land to the Akhuwat Trust for educational purposes. Chairing the steering meeting of Akhuwat, the VC said helping the disadvantage class and work for their welfare would result in the progress of the country. He said his land near Gojra should be used to raise educational level and bring prosperity in the area.

LAHORE:12 Januuary: University of Management and Technology (UMT) President Ibrahim Hasan Murad has said that in order to ensure real change impacting people's lives positively, effective strategic planning especially in education sector is the need of the hour because peoples' expectations in the government are very high.

LAHORE:12 January: Punjab University has issued schedule for registration of private students for BA/BSc Part-I annual examination 2019 for those students who have passed compartment (failing in one/ two paper) only supplementary intermediate examination 2018. Such students can apply for online registration and have to submit private registration form along with original bank challan of fee Rs3720/- deposit fee in any HBL branch (notified for such purpose) and required educational documents with photocopies of I.D card from January 14 to January 28.

LAHORE:12 January: Punjab Minister for Schools Education Murad Raas Friday chaired a meeting here at Civil Secretariat to devise a plan for eradicating narcotics in educational institutions across the province.

LAHORE:January 11: Punjab University has awarded PhD degree to Savera Mujib Shami daughter of Mujibur-Rehman Shami in the subject of Communication Studies after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Social Media and Political Communication: Usage of Facebook and Twitter by the Political Actors of Pakistan and Analysis of Audience Reaction’. Dr Savera Shami is currently working as Assistant Professor at Punjab University, Institute of Communication Studies.The news.

LAHORE:January 11: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has advised the universities to ensure adherence to its guidelines in order to launch Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree programme.

OKARA:10 January: Punjab Population Welfare Minister Col (retd) Sardar Hashim Dogar Wednesday said population could be controlled only through education. Addressing a symposium arranged by the District Population Welfare Department (DPWD), the minister said healthy family and children were the basis of a healthy nation. He said unchecked increase in population was a critical situation for the country. The minister said the Punjab government was initiating a monthly stipend from the Benazir Income Support Program for poor mothers who go out for labour and cannot feed their children.