Posts Tagged ‘Education’

Al-Qaeda in Deep Quagmire US

By Zaheerul Hassan U.S. President Barack Obama stated in Capitol at the annual address to Congress that about 23 thousand U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of the summer of 2012, U.S. He said that ten thousand of our soldiers have already returned home. Another 23 000 troops will leave Afghanistan [...]

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Telenor Hoodwinking Simpletons

Deceptive packages continue to flood the market by Telenor and once initial euphoria is settled down, customers actually end up paying more. An advertisement discernible at every location, space and airtime by Telenor claims to have offered its customers network wide free unlimited calls. The ad states, ’For the first time, Telenor has offered network [...]

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Declining education – A matter of demolishing bridges

Security, quality education, access to healthcare, prospects of a reasonable job on merit and sound economy are the ingredients to be provided by the state to its citizens to run the state and the society smoothly. Growth of successful nations is denoted particularly to the education. There was a time when people believed that higher [...]

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Education: Not a priority for the Pakistan government?

Education is the backbone of any society. When a nation has educated citizens, it automatically becomes progressive. Pakistan is a nation that, unfortunately, drains its resources in the direction of state security. The country invests in defense instead of working towards education or nation building. The indifference, at times, of the political system towards education, [...]

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Pakistan Budget 2011-12: An Overview

Last day finance minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has unfolded the Budget of Pakistan for the year 2011-12. In Budget 2011-12 the main debating point is, how the government handles the huge fiscal deficit and the degree up to which the economy boost. According to the estimates, the budget outlay for the coming year is set [...]

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HEC Recognized Universities and Degree Awarding Institutions

List of HEC recognized Universities/Degree Awarding Institutes (DAIs) of Pakistan in Public & Private Sector as on January 2011. Degrees/Transcripts issued only by the Universities/Degree Awarding Institutes (DAI’s) listed here will be recognized and attested by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad. For more information keep visiting www.hec.gov.pk

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Governance Crisis and Economic Dilemma of Pakistan

Pakistan is today facing the most critical problems of its history. Economy is terrible, law & order is deteriorating, shortage of water, electricity and other necessities are clearly vanishing. The number of unemployed youth is rising at an alarming rate in the country. The country is facing a complex multi-dimensional governance crisis. Corruption and the [...]

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Pakistani Team Winmark will Participate in Shell Eco Marathon Asia 2011

The talent of our nation has always been undermined but it rises to occasion whenever challenged. And such a success story has just come up. Recently, a group of talented Pakistani students have embarked on the development of a car called Uzbaa which targets to run 200 km in one liter of fuel! Now that [...]

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NCEL holds road shows for investors’ education in Lahore and Gujranwala

National Commodity Exchange Limited in association with registered brokers held road shows in Gujranwala and Lahore on 21 st and 22ndDecember respectively. The events focused on three main areas namely, the role of National Commodities Exchange in introducing commodities trade in Pakistan by opening up new avenues and providing a platform for the investors to [...]

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Government of Pakistan turning the educational institutions into commercial centers!

On December 8th, 2010 Hundreds of students attacked Pakistan’s provincial Punjab assembly to protest against the privatization of their colleges. Police tortured the protestors harshly leaving dozens injured. One of the schools in Raja Bazaar in Rawalpindi is in the minds of the protestors, which was recently placed under this system has now been ‘efficiently’ [...]

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