ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: On Friday, the high courts dismissed separate petitions challenging holding in-person Cambridge examinations and seeking a switch to school-assessed grades. Students had filed pleas in the Islamabad High Court, the Sindh High Court, and the Lahore High Court against the Cambridge Assessment International Education’s (CAIE) decision and the government’s approval to hold physical examinations the […]
MURREE: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that tourism alone could help repay Pakistan’s debts if the sector is properly focused upon. The premier’s remarks came while addressing a ceremony after inaugurating the Kohsar University. He would also inaugurate the upgraded TB Sanatorium Hospital in Murree today. “The establishment of Kohsar University is an important step, forward in […]
PM Imran Khan calls for reduced taxes and “out-of-the-box” solutions to improve the economy. Tasks Shaukat Tarin with ensuring the smooth functioning of the Economic Advisory Council. Says reforms in the tax system, and making it simple and efficient are among the top priorities of the government. Prime Minister Imran Khan said that instead of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided that it will not be a part of the process to pass a resolution in the National Assembly NA for the expulsion of the French ambassador, it emerged on Tuesday. The government is set to table the resolution in the lower house of the parliament today. But the PPP […]
KARACHI: In any culture or society, some naats are so significant that their value grows onto the people over time. As time passes by and new eyes witness the old stories unravel, in equal shock and awe, the artifact stands as a reminder of not just bygone days but also what it takes to be […]
A passenger train derailed north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities have said, in the latest in a string of rail accidents to hit the country in recent years. Four train wagons ran off the railway track by the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just outside Cairo; the railway authority said […]
Allies of Alexei Navalny have called on his supporters to stage mass protests on Wednesday in towns and cities all across Russia, amid a dire warning that the jailed Kremlin critic and opposition leader is now dangerously ill and could die “at any minute”. Navalny said in a post on his official Instagram account on […]
Shuttered for over a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greek universities are now grappling with a surge in online exam cheating giving rise to a new reality: the “corona degree”. Both professors and students candidly admit that examination safeguards are practically impossible to enforce in a remote-learning environment with hundreds of participants simultaneously online. “In jest, […]
CHICAGO: Hundreds marched through the streets of Chicago on Friday to protest the police shooting of Adam Toledo, a day after the city released a graphic video of a police officer shooting and killing the 13-year-old Latino boy in an alley two weeks ago. Demonstrators chanted “Hands up, don’t shoot!” and “No justice, no peace!” […]
Imran Abbas is the most recent celeb to get onto the Ramazan bandwagon by releasing his own rendition of Qaseeda Burda Shareef on Friday. So far, the actor has garnered 12,000 views on his video on YouTube. […]
