Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Thursday cautioned a delegation of students from Harvard Business School (HBS) Trek-2024 against the perils of misinformation and fake news in the digital age, urging them to navigate this landscape with discernment, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The students’ delegation representing 9 different
In a momentous event, 1,200 students from Government High School in Pakpattan came together to create a massive human flag, covering 9,600 square feet, under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Sadia Mehr. Talking to APP, Chief Digital Monitoring Officer, Dr Abdullah Tabassum said that the students of Government High School Pakpattan participated in the creation
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has unveiled a series of ambitious initiatives aimed at empowering the youth of Pakistan. Speaking at a ceremony on Monday, the prime minister announced that one million students across the country would receive smartphones on merit, as part of the government’s broader strategy to integrate technology into education and provide equal
Pakistani students have secured silver and bronze medals at the 65th International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) 2024. The event was held from July 11 to 22 in Bath, United Kingdom, according to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). Razi Hasan Mansoor, a student from Karachi, claimed the silver medal, while Muhammad Ahmad Bhatti of Karachi School
A Bangladeshi student group whose demonstrations against civil service hiring rules precipitated serious nationwide unrest said Sunday it would not abandon protests despite a Supreme Court ruling partially meeting their demands. “We won’t call off our protests until the government issues an order reflecting our demands,” a spokesman for Students Against Discrimination told AFP on
The deteriorating law and order situation in Bangladesh has caused heightened concern among Pakistani parents whose children are studying in various institutions there. With the disconnection of these students, the anxious parents have written a letter to Sara Aslam, Additional Secretary to the Prime Minister, seeking the safe return of their children. In the letter,
Pakistani students who are currently in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka are advised to take all possible precautions for their safety and keep distant from the ongoing violent protests against the country’s job quota system. Six people died while scores were injured after protests by students against a quota system for government jobs turned deadly this week
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Sunday issued an alert warning students against getting admissions in two-year programmes that have been phased out since the academic year 2019. The alert, which was shared on HEC’s official Instagram account, highlighted that it had phased out “two-year BA/Sc and MA/MSc programmes with extended deadlines of the academic
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif decided to send 1,000 students to the Yangling Agricultural Demonstration Base (YADB) in China for advanced training in agriculture. PM Sharif instructed the Pakistani ambassador in China and the relevant authorities to complete the project with the Chinese authorities. He also requested the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University to open
The youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai announced a new scholarship initiative in support of Palestinian students at the University of Oxford during her keynote address at the Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) fundraiser dinner. Part of the Refugee Academic Futures Programme at Oxford, Malala highlighted how the Graduate Scholarship for Palestinian Students aims to overcome the