Pakistan

KARACHI: (Web Desk) The shameful expulsion of a final year student from The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi has brought a storm of criticism on social media. Mohammad Gibrail, the expelled student, highlighted an incident of alleged harassment on campus. Gibrail claims to have seen a female finance department employee being harassed by a male supervisor. Gibrail reported the …

ISLAMABAD: (Web Desk) The Federal government may give an extension to the incumbent National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Javed Iqbal. The Express Tribune quoted sources as saying that Prime Minister Imran Khan discussed the matter of giving extension to the NAB chief with Law Minister Farogh Nasim and Attorney General Khalid Javed. In the meeting amendments to the NAB Ordinance, …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced hundreds of additional graduate-level scholarships to Pakistani women under its Merit and Need-Based Scholarship Program (MNBSP) in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC). Under the two-year scholarships that will begin this year and last until 2023, 700 talented Pakistan women from all over the country would be …

ISLAMABAD: (Web Desk) ‘Ehsaas School Stipends Programme’ has been launched in Pakistan. How the ‘Ehsaas School Stipends Programme’ (ESSP) will benefit students? Under ESSP, school scholarships will be awarded to deserving students, between the ages of four and 22, from lower-income groups across the country.The scholarship money will be given to parents who will ensure 70% or more attendance of …

KARACHI: (Web Desk) “The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is none of our business, it is a matter related to Pakistan and to be resolved by Pakistan.” Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said this during an interview with a private news channel. “It is dependent upon Pakistan and Pakistani ulema, not the Taliban, to decide whether or not the TTP’s war is legitimate …

KARACHI: (Web Desk) All education institutions including schools, colleges, and universities will open in the entire Sindh including Karachi from August 30 on Monday. According to the notification issued in this regard, both government and private schools and colleges will strictly follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs) as per the directions of the working committee of the steering committee on …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Thousands of Pakistani students studying in Chinese Universities have requested the Chinese ambassador to allow them to return to China to complete education. The Pakistani students who had to come back to Pakistan due to Covid-19, have now requested the Chinese ambassador Mr. Nong Rong that 7,000 Pakistani students enrolled in Chinese universities want to resume their …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) 10 more suspects have been arrested in the Greater Iqbal Park case. In this case 30 suspects were already in custody raising the total number of arrests to 40 so far. The suspects were presented before judicial magistrate Abbas Rasool Warraich in a local court on Saturday. The court issued directives for them to be taken to …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) — Lahore Police have taken 15 men into custody allegedly involved in assaulting and harassing a female TikToker and her companions at the city’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day. According to the electronic media, these 15 men were nabbed from Lorry Ada, Badami Bagh, and the Shafiq Abad area. Police shifted them to the Lorry Ada …

Web Desk — According to the latest report by the Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering and terror financing (AML/CFT), Pakistan’s rating on the technical recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been improved. The APG, on Money Laundering, improved Pakistan’s rating on four more of the 40 technical recommendations of the FATF against money laundering and …