LAHORE:06 December: The Punjab government has constituted six-member committees of senior doctors at each public sector medical universities/colleges to prepare data of students for the maintenance of their health profile, including blood group, smoking and drug intake history following the reports of drug abuse at teaching institutions. The committees have been assigned task to carry out tests/screening of the drug addict students of medical institutes.

LAHORE:05 December:A large number of art lovers including students Wednesday visited Alhamra Arts Gallery to praise the second edition of Alhamra National Exhibition featuring masters and students’ artworks. In this connection, a group of 35 students of Kinnaird College for Women visits the second Alhamra National Exhibition.

Rawalpindi :05 December: Children were having time of their life, giggling, running, looking for their friends and chit chatting with them right in front of their teachers, but nobody reprimanded them or told them to remain silent; because they were there on a day out with their friends and families at the Funfair 2019 of the Anglo Arabic Higher Secondary School. It was a day filled with joy and excitement. There were food stalls, fun games, juggler’s show, rides, tall man, music and lot of fun activities. Lots of valuable gifts were distributed through several lucky draws.

Sargodha :04 December:The University of Sargodha (UoS) has retained its previous position in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2020, making its name yet again in the list of Top 500 Asian universities. According to the QS World University Rankings Asia 2020, Sargodha University recorded the same rank achieved in 2019 ie in the 401-450 categories of Asian universities. Last week, the Times Higher Education (THE) also announced its subject-wise World University Rankings 2020, in which the University ranked 601+ for Life Sciences and 801+ Physical Sciences.

Rawalpindi :04 December:Students and teachers of Sadeeqa’s Learning System (SLS) Montessori & High School, Satellite Town Senior Branch organized a Talent Show to encourage the children to come forward and show their talents, says a press release.

Lahore:04 December:The Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with a consulting group to collaborate for getting job placements for Tevta-trained workforce.

LAHORE:04 December:On the eve of international day for Persons with Disabilities, the Punjab government launched special education policy here on Tuesday to ensure that Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Punjab can start the next decade with a more welcoming, inclusive and improved education system that meets their needs.

LAHORE:03 December: A case under sedition charges has been registered against Iqbal Lala, father of Mashal Khan, and other participants of the Student Solidarity March, held across the country including Lahore on November 29, for restoration of students unions. Mashal Khan, a student of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, was lynched by an angry mob over blasphemy allegations in 2017. Lala, Ammar Ali Jan, Farooq Tariq, Alamgir Wazir, Muhammad Shabbir and Kamil Khan are nominated in the case, registered at the Civil Lines Police Station on the complaint of sub-inspector Muhamamd Nawaz.

LAHORE:01 December: The Punjab University (PU) administration on Saturday suspended nine students of the Punjabi Council and the Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) for their alleged involvement in a clash five days ago. It also cancelled the hostel allotments of these students. The Punjabi Council activists were organsing a rally on campus to welcome the newcomers late on Nov 26 when a group of IJT activists stared gathering outside Hostel No 8 and chanted slogans. Both student groups clashed and resorted to aerial firing as a result of which five of them were injured.

LAHORE:27 november: National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) and Quaid-e-Azam Law College Lahore signed an MoU here on Tuesday. According to a press release, QLC will offer scholarship for the children of martyrs, injured and serving officers of NHMP in their LLB (Hons) external program by University of London.The news.

LAHORE:27 November:University of Engineering and Technology (UET) in collaboration with National Accountability Bureau (NAB) organised a seminar to create awareness among students against corruption and the role of NAB in fighting this menace. UET Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar, NAB Director Niaz Hassan, Additional Director Khalid Mahmood, Deputy Director Muhammad Sajid, UET officials and faculty members, staff and large number of students attended the seminar.

LAHORE:27 November:Punjab University’s Dean Faculty of Arts and Humanities Prof Dr Iqbal Chawla has said art has a universal language while adding that China and Pakistan could strengthen bilateral and people to people relations further through fine arts. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of a three-day university exchange and art education forum on “China-Pakistan Friendship” jointly organised by PU College of Arts and Design (PUCAD) and Changsha Normal University’ College of Fine Arts and Design at Old Campus here Tuesday.

LAHORE:26 November: Virtual University in collaboration with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) successfully completed its first and second round of organising entrepreneurial and innovation seminars in seven different cities of Pakistan with the theme “Entrepreneurship as Viable Career Option”.

LAHORE:26 November:Punjab University College of Pharmacy and University of Huddersfield, UK have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore, purify and characterise new sources of sustainable nano-materials for various industrial applications.

Rawalpindi:24 November:Rawalpindi is experiencing severe traffic problems these days as parents and school van-drivers park to collect students from the educational institutions situated on every road and street of the city. “Problems include parents and van-drivers parking their vehicles in front of residents’ drives and almost in the middle of the road which holds up traffic,” says Asad Abbas, a restaurant owner near Rafay Mall.