DEO, DDO Bajaur sent packing after video scam
District Education Officer (Male) Bajaur, Deputy District Officer (Male) and the principal of Government Girls High School Khar, Bajaur have been removed from their posts after a video footage made rounds on social media in which DEO could be seen visiting the girls high schools as a special guest for a function and students showered […]
Why students were asked to leave Bacha Khan University hostel?
The students of Bacha Khan University Charsadda on Thursday held protest against what they term forcible expulsion from hostel. The students availing hostel facility say they were asked to leave the hostel in the darkness of the night on Wednesday due to which the students started protest outside the university late in the night. Aftab […]
Over Rs2 billion allocated for KP girls students scholarships
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs2.03 billion in the head of scholarships for female students to increase enrolment and minimize girls’ drop out in schools. KP Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Shahram Khan Tarakai shared that the programme will be implemented in 26 districts of the province and a total of 48,316 female […]
KP medical colleges, universities to open from June 01
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department on Thursday announced the opening of medical educational institutions from June 01. According to announcement, medical universities and medical and dental colleges will be opened from June 01. The notification said all public and private medical universities, colleges, nursing schools/colleges, paramedical health sciences schools/colleges will open across the province from […]
Noor Ehsaas; Critics always find a way to discourage successful women
The patterns of modern poetry are different from the past practice and poets have switched from the topics of peace and love to politics and law and order issues. In a patriarchal set up, like other fields, the participation of women in literary activities is considered inappropriate that is why the number of poetesses is […]
Teachers in KP to get corona vaccination by June 05
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department has decided to provide coronavirus vaccine to teachers, lecturers and professors of all public and private sector educational institutions before June 05. Under the directions of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to vaccinate teachers and other staff of educational institutions in KP before June 05, Director General Health […]
KP to hold exams for 10th, 12th grades to begin on June 23
The education boards have unanimously decided that they will hold the annual examinations for 10th and 12th grades from June 23 under the government’s standard operating procedures for coronavirus prevention and control. They also agreed that examinations for ninth and 11th grades would begin a week after the conclusion of 10th and 12th grade examinations […]
High Court suspends notification of Gomal University VC’s removal
The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended the government’s notification of the removal of Gomal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Iftikhar Ahmad and sought the response of the relevant officials to the violation of a stay order issued on the matter lately. A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan Chamkani and Justice Syed M Attique Shah […]
Islamia College University Peshawar apologises for not paying salaries
The Islamia College University Peshawar has apologised to its staffers, saying it is unable to pay their salaries in full due to financial constraints. “It is notified for information of all concerned that due to financial constraints, the university is unable to disburse full salaries and pensions to its employees for the month of May […]
Peshawar police fire tear gas, baton charge govt teachers protesting reduction in allowances
Police in Peshawar fired tear gas and baton-charged government teachers protesting university reforms, which include a reduction in allowances, in front of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday. At least eight of the protesting teachers were also detained, police officials said, adding that they were held for blocking the road. Peshawar University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) […]