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‘Uplift of education sector is top priority’

KARACHI: Provincial Minister of Universities and Boards Muhammad Ali Malkani said that the first priority of the...

Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

Pakistan

$400m higher education project ‘moderately satisfactory’: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the implementation progress of the “Higher Education Development in Pakistan...

Published 10 Apr, 2024 02:16am

Business & Finance

Focus urged on responsible AI-driven digital economy

LAHORE: A two-day policy dialogue on “digitisation and artificial intelligence: opportunities and challenges in...

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

Opinion

Tech solves Pakistan’s three-fold education problem

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as the International Day of Education, “in celebration of...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

Pakistan

General Election: Sindh announces holidays for education sector

KARACHI: Following Punjab, Sindh government Thursday also announced long holidays for the education sector from...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Pakistan

Alvi for increasing technology use in AJK’s education sector

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi stressed the need to increase the use of technology in the education sector of ...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Pakistan

Successive govts deprived students of their rights: JI chief

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has said that previous governments failed to fulfill their promises of...

Published 23 Nov, 2023 03:19am

Pakistan

VCs for public sector varsities: KP CM for early completion of hiring process

PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Former Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has directed the...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

Pakistan

NUMS conducts admission test in Pakistan and abroad

LAHORE: National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) has once again achieved a remarkable milestone by...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan

Minister reviews progress in education sector, health projects, sustainable development

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Muhammad Sami Saeed held a meeting to review the progress...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am

Business & Finance

Paper-print problems aggravate, as rupee continues to weaken

LAHORE: The paper merchants and importers are hesitant to quote the rates of paper and paper products due to...

Published 17 Mar, 2023 06:15am

Technology

Pakistan's edtech startup Maqsad says it has raised $2.8mn in seed funding

Funding takes its total capital raised to $4.9mn

Published 16 Mar, 2023 01:33pm

Perspectives

Research, learning and development for higher learning institutions

In the current era of knowledge expansion, globalisation, high technology and rapid social transformation, life-long...

Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:09pm

Business & Finance

City School, Google’s Tech Valley sign MoU

KARACHI: To innovate in the education sector, Google has tied up with City School. Google’s Tech Valley signed a...

Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am

Business & Finance

German envoy visits LCCI: ‘Pakistan, Germany should explore more sectors to enhance trade’

LAHORE: Ambassador of Germany Alfred Grannas has said that there is a lot of potential for trade between Germany and...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am

Pakistan

Governor says govt striving to bring education sector into line with global standards

LAHORE: Terming the improvement in global ranking of the Pakistani universities as a matter of pride, Punjab ...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 06:50am

Pakistan

MoFEPT and PTCL sign agreement

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (MoFEPT) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company...

Published 15 Aug, 2022 05:41am

Pakistan

IIUI president calls on HEC chairman

ISLAMABAD: Dr Hathal Homoud Alotaibi, President, International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) called on Dr...

Published 03 Aug, 2022 04:55am

Pakistan

Award conferred on Beaconhouse founder

KARACHI: Mrs Nasreen Mahmud Kasuri, the founder and chairperson of the Beaconhouse Group, has been presented with ...

Published 05 Jun, 2022 07:06am

Pakistan

KP govt chalks out Rs5bn ‘Digital Skills Training Programme’ for youth

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that Rs5 billion “Digital Skills Training Programme” has been...

Published 27 Feb, 2022 06:39am

Pakistan

JI urges govt to increase education sector’s budget

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq on Wednesday demanded of the government to increase the education...

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

BR Research

‘The missing third’

Pakistan needs an education emergency, with 32 percent of children who should be in school remaining out of school....

Published 11 Oct, 2021 07:30am

Pakistan

Out-of-school kids: Pakistan ranks among top 3 states in the world: PSLM

ISLAMABAD: The population of the age of 10 years and older that has ever attended school at national level is 60...

Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:40am

Pakistan

Sindh raises ADP by 41.3pc for 2021-22

KARACHI: Sindh government has proposed a total development outlay of Rs 329.03 billion for its budget 2021-22,...

Published 16 Jun, 2021 03:40am

Budget 2021-22

Punjab follows in the footsteps of centre

• Rs2.653trn budget presented • Development outlay raised by record 66pc; Rs560bn reserved for ADP; Rs405bn tax...

Updated 15 Jun, 2021 06:16pm

BR Research

Interview with Dr. Arshad Ahmad - Vice Chancellor, LUMS

“We have embraced a ‘no-borders’ agenda by incentivizing cross-disciplinary work”. Dr. Arshad Ahmad is the...

Published 23 Apr, 2021 07:45am

Pakistan

Education sector: All provinces unanimously made decisions: Shafqat

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood, on Monday, said that there was...

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 09:31am

Pakistan

NCOC's special session to review closure of schools, Ramazan SOPs

The NCOC special session will be held today to review the opening of the education sector
Ramazan SOPs will also be reviewed in light of input from Ulema

Updated 06 Apr, 2021 10:28am

Pakistan

CM review reforms in education sector

The CM stressed that schools would be upgraded purely on merit, without caring for any political recommendations or attachment.

Published 05 Apr, 2021 07:04pm

Pakistan

Uniform curriculum to bring revolution in education sector: Education Minister GB

He said that it would be introduced in schools which would end the class system in the country and the rich and the poor would study the same curriculum.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 07:50pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 17	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 17	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 17	155.67
USD to Swiss Franc / May 17	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 17	1.27
Euro to USD / May 17	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Tokyo Nikkei / May 17	38787.38
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Hang Seng / May 17	19535.61
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 17	79.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 17	2386.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 17	76.29
Petrol/Litre / May 19	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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