LAHORE:16 April: Former Chief of Army Staff Gen (Retd) Raheel Sharif has donated Rs 2 million to Government College University’s Endowment Fund Trust (GCU-EFT) from which the university will initiate two perpetual golden scholarships financially-challenged students.

LAHORE:16 April: A revolutionary step has been taken for the empowerment of transgender community as the inaugural ceremony took place for the education and vocational training of Pakistan's transgender community at Alhamra cultural complex.

Rawalpindi:14 April: Continuing the previous year’s tradition of organisation of successful Women Entrepreneurship Fair, this year, once again, Office of Research Innovation & Commercialisation (ORIC) at Fatima Jinnah Women University arranged the entrepreneurship fair from April 11 to 13, 2018.

LAHORE:April 14: Vice-chancellors (VCs) of public universities of Punjab on Friday constituted the first vice-chancellors’ committee of Punjab. The committee besides deliberating upon individual matters of universities, would discuss issues related to financial, academic & administrative, quality enhancement, standardisation & internationalisation of higher education reforms and present the recommendations through Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) to the Punjab government.

LAHORE:13 April: The provincial capital of Punjab – Lahore – consistently scored in the middle and lower tier of the quarterly ranking of government schools. The ranking assesses different facilities, learning outcomes and ranks districts and divisions accordingly. The ranking is part of the Chief Minister’s School Reforms Roadmap which measures the performance of public schools in all 36 districts of the province. It is done on the basis of wide-ranging indicators. The latest ranking is for the third quarter of 2017-18 for the months of January, February and March of 2018.

Rawalpindi:13 April: Students of Sadeeqa’s Learning System (SLS) Montessori & High School, Satellite Town, Senior Branch marked World Water Day by holding a special program in this regard, says a press release. G.M Memon, resident director, Pak Oasis Pvt Ltd was invited as the chief guest. The program began with students welcoming the guest and the parents by performing on a welcome song. A small fact sheet was shared by some students which described the percentages of water consumption in different areas in our country.

Lahore:April 13: Punjab University Library Book Club on Thursday organised its fourth “Book Talk” programme. The two books selected for the event were “Mr. and Mrs. Jinnah: the marriage that shook India” by Sheela Reddy and “Anarkali: a novel” by Mirza Hamid Baig in Urdu language.

LAHORE:April 13: A seminar on Awareness of Drug Addiction among youths organised by Punjab University Institute of Applied Psychology. Syed Zulfiqar Hussain Consultant, Anti-Drug/Narcotics campaign was the guest speaker. Prof Dr Farah Malik, Director Applied Psychology presided the seminar and Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan, Dean Faculty of Life Sciences was the chief guest.

LAHORE:April 13: Dozens of schoolteachers staging a demonstration here on Thursday protested against the School Education Department (SED) Punjab. United Teachers Council (UTC) had given the protest call in which dozens of schoolteachers participated and expressed their concerns over School Education Department’s policies related to contract staff, departmental inquiries, time scale and absence of service structure for Qari and Computer Lab in-charge in government schools across the province.

Lahore:April 13:A 14-year-old student of Grade 7 allegedly committed suicide reportedly after scoring low marks in his annual exams than were expected of him by his guardians. According to Shah Faisal Colony SHO Haji Ishaq, they received a report about the incident in Kohati Mohalla on Thursday morning and found the teenager, Muhammad Sheeraz, dead when they arrived.

Rawalpindi:12 April: Grammar School Rawalpindi’s Chaklala branch, in its ongoing celebrations of seventy years of Pakistan, organised an event for parents and guests to show-case the presentations done at the school in 2018. Students from the junior and senior sections exhibited and through their presentations expressed that mere sloganeering would not facilitate their beloved homeland. Instead, reflection was required to create opportunities to show authentic love and patriotism by doing practical service for it.

LAHORE:April 12: Punjab University BA/BSc Part-I annual examinations 2018 will commence from April 19, for which roll number slips have been dispatched to all candidates through registered mail on their addresses. According to a press release issued here Wednesday, if any candidate has not received slip, he/she can receive the duplicate slip from BA/BSc Hall, Exams Department, New Campus with a photocopy of CNIC. seminar: Punjab University (PU) Institute of Applied Psychology (IAP) will organise a seminar on “awareness on drug abuse” on Thursday (today).The news.

Lahore: Punjab University (PU) Institute of Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS) organised a seminar on ‘Drug Addiction and Abuse: Treatment and Prevention”. Prof Dr Rubina Zakar presided over the ceremony while Drug Advisory Training Hub (DATH) Director Syed Zulfiqar Hussain and counselor for drug addicts Hamid Hashmi were the chief guests. Dr Rubina said drug addiction was a global issue. She highlighted the importance of raising awareness about it.

LAHORE:10 April: Ajoka Theatre is organising a three-day “Azadi Theatre Festival” at Alhamra Arts Council from today (Tuesday). This is a continuation of Ajoka’s theatre events to mark the 70th anniversary of independence. Besides Ajoka’s regular performing team, young and dynamic theatre groups, including Agriculture University Faisalabad and Punjab University’s Makhotay Theatre will present their plays revolving around the theme of freedom and human dignity.

LAHORE:10 April: Modern techniques in the field of education through technological interventions developed by Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) for Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) will promote e-Learning across the province. This was stated by Dr Umar Saif, PITB Chairman, while addressing the completion of training workshop of 200 teachers here on Monday.