Education - 14

A unique exhibition of calligraphy in ceramics and pottery by well known artist, Dabir Ahmed, was inaugurated at ‘The Art Gallery’ on Monday evening. Dabir, who graduated from the National College of Arts (NCA) in 1966 and then adopted a teaching career at the same institution from 1976 till the time he retired as the [...]

Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy presented his documentary “Crossing the Lines: Kashmir, India, and Pakistan” to a diverse group of about 70 undergraduates, graduates, and faculty Monday evening in the Cabot Auditorium. The film is about the India-Pakistan conflict as it relates to issues of Kashmiri control. History professor Ayesha Jalal described Hoodbhoy as “a household name [...]

The Mass Communication Department of the Punjab University has spiced up the lives of the students and the people within its 15-kilometre of radius with its three hours long daily transmissions. ‘I have always detested reading notices on the notice board, so tuning into the PU FM and listening to the Campus Round Up updates [...]

Last century, a charismatic Pakistani scientist had to make a terrible decision: choose between a potentially brilliant career abroad, or remain at home in relative poverty and obscurity. At that time Pakistan offered no scope for postgraduate work. So Abdus Salam joined the brain drain, went to England, and eventually shared the 1979 Nobel Prize [...]

A delegation of [Indian] scientists led by Dr Darshan Singh visited University of Agriculture in Faisalabad, Pakistan, from September 21-26 to attend the international conference on Entomological Sciences and International Workshop on Cotton. The other delegates included Dr G S Deol, head, Department of Entomology; Dr Amrik Singh Sohi, Dr V K Dilawari, Dr Gursharan [...]

The University of Karachi will establish its own museum of science, natural history and art on campus for the benefit of university students and visitors, said the university vice-chancellor on Tuesday. Speaking at the launching ceremony of computerized record of the zoology museum of the university, vice-chancellor Dr Pirzada Qasim, said that museums had not [...]

The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology will hold a three-day all Pakistan software, multimedia, quiz and speed programming competition (Soft com 2004) from Sept 23 to 25. A spokesman for the institute told reporters on Sunday that Softcom 2004 would provide opportunities to contestants to exhibit their skills in the field [...]

The University of Sindh will introduce the solar energy system to provide electricity to its departments, teaching institutes, hostels and residential colony. The project, to be prepared by the Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), will first be implemented at the Marui Hostel and then extended step-by-step to the university’s other facilities. The [...]

Beenish Tariq, Lottery Winner: “What anyone would feel like. Excited, I guess? Surprised?” She is only 20 and she has her future all set. The college senior from Flushing just came forward to claim her prize. It was a scratch-off ticket that only cost $10 that her dad bought her over Christmas. Now, she is [...]

A program designed to encourage educational improvement and innovation in Pakistan, and begin breaking down cultural stereotypes in that country and in the United States, will begin this fall when a group of 18 rural Pakistani educators come to Oregon State University to study teacher education. Two other groups of Pakistanis will study at OSU [...]