Category: Science & Technology

Balochistan Governor Amanullah Yasinzai has said the government is taking all possible measures to promote better education in the province.

Chairing a meeting of the university senate in Loralai, he said solution to all problems of the society lies in the educational uplift particularly higher education.

He urged the students to focus their full attention on studies in order to meet the growing challenges.

The governor also inaugurated the newly completed administration block and hostels for boys and girls in the university campus.

Source: Radio Pakistan

The Torkham Border will be opened on next Saturday and Sunday for Afghan students studying in Pakistani universities on scholarship for their entry into Pakistan.

According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, the permission has been granted to Afghan students currently stuck in Afghanistan to travel to Pakistan for continuation of their studies under Allama Iqbal Scholarship Programme.

The statement further said that all the students will be required to provide Negative report of the PCR Test from Afghanistan.

It further said that antigen test for Corona will be conducted at entry point and the students will undergo 10 days mandatory quarantine provided by government of Pakistan.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Sindh government has decided to open primary educational institutions in the province from Monday, due to decrease in the corona cases.

The decision was taken at a meeting of provincial task force for corona in Karachi today, with Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in the chair.

The meeting was informed that corona cases in the province have decreased as diagnostic rate has come down to 3. 9 percent.

It was decided that vaccination centers in the province will remain closed on Sunday due to shortage of Corona vaccine.

The meeting was informed that 1.5 million doses of SINOVAC vaccine will be received by Monday, seven hundred thousand doses of Casino vaccine and four hundred thousand doses of Pakvac by Wednesday and Sputnik vaccine will be received by the end of this month with which the shortage of vaccine will be overcome.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman says no compromise will be made on quality education in the province.

This he said while presiding over separate senate meetings of Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak and Agriculture University D.I.Khan in Peshawar.

The Governor approved the financial budget of the university. Shah Farman directed all the universities to present their budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 in relevant senate meetings for formal approval.

Source: Radio Pakistan