LAHOREThe Higher Education Commission (HEC) has taken initiative to support and facilitate the Higher Education Departments of all the provinces for the development of Minimum Quality Standards (MQS) for affiliated colleges of universities with the objective to maintain quality of education in the ...

BAHAWALPUR Several vehicles including two of the Motorway police and equipment were burnt when a workshop caught fire and engulfed the other shops adjoining it due to a short-circuit on Khanpur Road in Rahim Yar Khan.Abdul Rehman was making repair work of the vehicles when an electric short circuit ...

RAWALPINDIRawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) organised a three-day wood art workshop for its students that started here on Friday. In the workshop, Saleem Mughal, a renowned wood artist, imparted training to students who also got certificates from RAC Resident Director Waqar Ahmed at the end. Various ...

LAHORE - The Federal Ministry of Climate Change in collaboration with the Punjab Forest Department and WWF – Pakistan organised a two-day provincial level consultation workshop on ‘REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and Roadmap development ...

KARACHI (PR) - As the demand for Windows Phone 8 platform rises in the country, Nokia Pakistan organised the first ever developer workshop in association with Microsoft Pakistan. The workshop was aimed at engaging the local developer community with whom Nokia Pakistan shares a very strong ...

RAWALPINDI - The closing ceremony of three-day “Stone Craving” workshop was held at the National College of Arts (NCA) here here on Thursday.District Coordination Officer (DCO) Rashid Mehmood was the chief guest on the occasion whereas Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Managing ...

PESHAWAR - Al-Khidmat Foundation, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa organised a workshop for street children here in Child Protection Centre (CPC) Akhundabad. The title of the workshop was the role of parents in the grooming of their children. Professor Dr Rahim Khan was the chief guest on the occasion.Besides, ...

LAHORE - The USAID Teacher Education Project organised a National Curriculum Design Workshop here at a local hotel from April 1-6, says a press release.The workshop has brought together the faculty of leading universities to develop syllabi and teaching notes for the fourth and final year of B.Ed. ...

RAWALPINDI – Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), Department of Entomology organised three day training workshop on “Apiculture Orientation Programme” with an aim to create awareness of value-added products of honeybees like honey, royal jelly, ...

LAHORE - A one-day workshop on developing a link between branding and trademarks and on understanding utility of industrial designs is being arranged here at a local hotel on 8th January  (Tuesday), 2013 for women entrepreneurs of Punjab region. The workshop is being organised under the ...

PESHAWAR - Health experts at a workshop on ‘Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare in Crisis Situation’ on Thursday called for evolving a strategy for provision of better healthcare facilities to expecting women and newborn children in conflict and disaster-hit regions. They urged the ...

PESHAWAR – Speaking at workshop local leaders from North Waziristan Agency, Dera Ismail Khan, Swabi, Swat, Haripur, Mansehra, Charssada, and Peshawar vowed to work to suppress violence and promote peace.They said this at the concluding of a five-day training workshop on peace building jointly ...

PESHAWAR – Speakers at a workshop Saturday called for promulgation of specific laws to ensure protection of rights and basic facilities to senior citizens in the country.A specific bill regarding the senior citizens was yet to be endorsed by the parliament, pending for the last several years, ...

LAHORE - Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) on Friday hosted a work shop titled ‘Internationalization in Higher Education’ by the University of Warwick, UK.The workshop was conducted by James Kennedy, Director–International Office at the University of Warwick. Mr. Kennedy ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite completion of the government's five-year term and the processes that strengthens democracy have been effectively put into work, the ultimate performance of democracy, as it affects the people, has not been satisfactory during the year 2012. This was the key view held by members ...

LAHORE - The number of addicts in Pakistan has surpassed the staggering figure of 90 lakh that is far more than that of China Sri Lanka, India and even Europe. This was revealed by the experts while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Bioequivalence Studies and Quality Tracking System workshop ...

KHAR - Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Fata chapter, Thursday organised a training workshop for the journalists of Bajaur Agency.A daylong training workshop was held at the newly Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Bajaur office which was attended by a large number of media persons. During ...

BEIJING  - China’s Communist leaders are promising to revolutionise the world’s second largest economy and move on from being the world’s workshop, but economists say the monumental task faces major hurdles.Outgoing President Hu Jintao said GDP would double in a decade and ...

OKARA - The Punjab Health Department arranged a day-long training workshop for Dental Surgeons regarding Hepatitis Sterilisation and Medico legal cases in DHQ Hospital here the other day. Punjab Director Dental Health Dr Rafique Ullah Awan attended the workshop as chief guest while DHQ ...

LAHORE – The 3-day intra-provincial workshop ‘Prevention-of-Parent-to-Child-Transmission (PPTCT) of HIV/AIDS’ organized by the Punjab AIDS Control Programme with the support of UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO concluded on Thursday.The objective of the workshop was to build capacity of ...

LAHORE – A five-day workshop titled ‘Prevention and Control of Dengue Vectors’ Monday began at the Government College University under auspices of the Higher Education Commission and GCU Zoology Department. About 600 zoologists and entomologists are taking part in the workshop ...

ISLAMABAD - The National Art Gallery of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) has arranged a workshop on Islamic ornamentation here from November 12 to 19.Expert of calligraphy and ornamentation Abdul Razzaq Razi will conduct the workshop for students, amateur artists and art lovers. Through ...

ISLAMABAD - As part of United Nations’ One UN programme on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Culture Organisation (Unesco) organised a review workshop on “School Safety Action Plan”, here Thursday.Welcoming the participants, the Secretary ...

PESHAWAR - In order to create and polish leadership qualities among the youth, a two-day workshop was held under the auspices of Pakistan-US Alumni Network (PUAN) at Edwards College, Peshawar on Saturday. The aim of the seminar was to bring together a diverse groups of students under one roof in ...

PESHAWAR – Speakers at a consultative workshop Thursday stressed the need for giving priority to maternal health while devising national and provincial policies, which will help improve Maternal Neonatal Health (MNH) situation. “It is also needed to identify the policy gaps in accesses ...

LAHORE – University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Vice Chancellor Dr Talat Naseer Pasha has called for adopting modern treatment management to improve livestock production.He was speaking at a one-day workshop on ‘Modification and Updating of the Curriculum of Two-Year ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The two-day workshop on “Advanced Cardiac Life Support” concluded here on Monday - with a unanimous call to raise awareness and establish knowhow among the common man as to how first aid could be delivered to any cardiac victim or in case of any other emergency to save ...

LAHORE (PR) – A four-day workshop on osteopathy concluded at Fatima Memorial Hospital here the other day. The workshop, organised by osteopaths Slyvie Erb of the USA and Faisal Naqvi of Switzerland, was based on theoretical presentation on osteopathy, along with case studies followed by ...

LAHORE – The Punjab University Centre for Clinical Psychology (CCP) organised a two-day follow up workshop on ‘Post Disaster Management of Children’ for the postgraduate students.CCP Director Prof Dr Rukhsana Kausar lauded the resource persons Nazia Bashir and Amira Amjad, child ...

PESHAWAR - Speakers at a workshop on Sunday observed that M. Phil. and Ph.D scholars of faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Science enrolled in various research institutions of Pakistan find it difficult to select a research topic and writing research proposal/dissertations. To know how much ...