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A five-day national chemistry talent contest for HSC or ‘A’ level students will begin on Wednesday at the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi. Pakistan had first participated in the 32nd International Physics Olympiad held in Turkey in 2001. Pakistani students have so far participated in three Physics Olympiads and their performance has [...]

The curriculum experts of the first National Committee organized by the National Institute of Science and Technical Education (NISTE) have finalized their recommendations on the development of Mathematics Kit to be introduced at Elementary and Secondary School Level throughout the country under Science Education Project, Ministry of Education. This was concluded by the participants of [...]

The 40-day study, of 60 people in Pakistan with Type 2 diabetes, found that one gram a day of cinnamon — one-fourth of a teaspoon twice daily — significantly lowered the subjects’ blood sugar, triglycerides (fatty acids in the blood), LDL (or “bad”) cholesterol, and total cholesterol. Don’t go bananas with this, of course. In [...]

“The conditions of India and Pakistan are more or less similar. Pakistan is a shade better than us as NGOs have started a movement by trying to modify the medical education to suit the community.” This was stated here today by Prof S M Bose who attended the two-day International Conference of Community Oriented Medical [...]

A sophisticated Manufacturing Technologies Development Centre (MTDC) will be established at the department of mechanical engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. This was stated by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman, Dr Attaur Rehman, on Monday. In this regard, an amount of Rs120 million has been approved by the recently held Central Development Working [...]

LAWYERS’ fraternity of both sides being the powerful and vocal leaders can help in building an amicable environment which can help the governments of India and Pakistan to resolve their problems. This was stated by Chaudhary Muhammad Hanif Khatana, Additional Advocate General of the Lahore High Court on his arrival at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh [...]

An American university has included illustrations of the first Pakistani female cartoonist, Nigar Nazar, in its two books, a press release here Saturday said. The Career Center of the University of Oregon, USA, in a letter have expressed their appreciation and gratitude to Nigar Nazar of Gogi fame, for her valuable contribution in illustrating their [...]

Close on the heels of the bus and train service, the Indian publishing sector is now establishing links with Pakistan. Vanguard Books, Pakistan’s leading publishing house run by editor-publisher Najam Sethi, enters distribution agreement with Foundation Books of India. For the first time, books from Pakistan will find place in Indian educational institutions through Indian [...]

The federal government, she said, had decided that special children were eligible to appear in civil services competitions whereas two per cent quota had already been reserved for them…

A new building constructed with the financial support of a US-based NGO for an information technology institute was inaugurated at the University of Karachi on Thursday. The Computer Science department of Karachi University, established in 1985, presently housed in the Aiwan-i-Iqbal hostel building, will now be shifted to the new building and upgraded as the [...]