Away from home: Delay in funds spells uncertainty for University of Peshawar scholarship students
Several deserving students who have been awarded scholarships to study abroad by the University of Peshawar (UoP) have been facing immense problems due to a delay in the payment of students’ dues and monthly stipends. A lecturer at the university’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Amir Hamza Bangash is pursuing his PhD in Journalism […]
Decade gone by: FATA still waiting for promised educational institutions
Former governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Iftikhar Hussain Shah might well be remembered as the man who took the initiative for architecting a new Fata. Shah inaugurated various educational institutions across the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and completed their basic plans; however, no practical work has been done since. FATA Additional Director Education, Hasham Khan Afridi […]
KMU starts work on IMSK, nursing sciences
Khyber Medical University (KMU) has started initial work on construction of multimillion projects KMU Institute of Nursing Sciences and Medical Technology and Institute of Medical Sciences Kohat. The work has been started after inclusion of the two projects in Annual Development Program (ADP) by the Provincial Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said a press release issued […]
Final round of plantation drive begins at UoP
The final round of the spring plantation drive at varsity began from the Sheikh Muhammad Taimur academic Block of the University of Peshawar. VC UoP Prof. Dr. M. Rasul Jan was part of the final round and kicked off the drive by planting a Magnolia sapling on the day. Deans of Faculties, Admin staff and […]
College of Home Economics funfair organised
The students of the College of Home Economics (CHE) showcased handmade embroidery and artwork at the one day funfair/ Art and craft exhibition organized in the college lawn on Tuesday. Some fifty stalls were on display in the daylong colorful event and were witnessed by female students of the constituent colleges and departments of the […]
Governor take note of exam under open sky
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Engineer Shaukatullah has taken strong exception of the miserable situation wherein the students of a high school of District Lower Dir were participating in metric examination under the open sky and desired that a detail report to this sorry state of affairs should be submitted to him. While taking serious note […]
Weeklong teacher training culminated
A weeklong teachers’ training workshop under UNESCO concluded here on Tuesday at Area Study Centre University of Peshawar. The objective of the workshop was to urge upon school teachers to promote local culture in school curriculum. Professor Sher Alam Shinwari told participants that including local cultural heritage was need of the hour because our children […]
Information Minister visits examination halls
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations, Shah Farman on Monday paid surprise visit to various examinations halls at Hayatabad and reviewed the conduct of SSC examination. He also apprised himself of the monitoring of examination system. The Minister was told that the examination process was being monitored in line with the institutions of […]