FAISALABAD:18 May: Punjab Minister for Social Welfare and Baitul Mal Muhammad Ajmal Cheema has said that the Punjab government is taking steps to impart modern education and knowledge to the new generation. He said this while distributing the prizes among the students of a local school at Parveen Shakir Complex on Friday. Social Welfare Director Shahid Rana, Social Welfare DD Khalid Bashir, Social Welfare Officer M Tahir, Principal Deeba Noreen and others were also present.

Lahore:May 18:All the colleges and schools in the Punjab province will be closed from June 1 till August 14 for summer vacation. The Sindh government on Friday announced summer vacation for the department of colleges. The provincial government has also issued a notification in this regard. All the colleges will be opened from August 15.The news.

LAHORE:18 May: Punjab University (PU) senior faculty members Friday took the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to task for its recent report on the university’s MPhil and PhD programmes observing the Commission’s team worked in ‘haste’ and ‘misrepresented’ data.

Islamabad :May 17: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar have been urged to suspend the Wasa officials and the Deputy Commissioner Faisalabad, who involved in bulldozing boundary walls of Christian school and harassing the students and the teachers. MNA Pakistan Peoples Party Naveed Aamir Jeeva, MNA Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Dr Darshan, former MNA JUI-F Aasia Nasir at a press conference at the National Press Club regarding demolishing of boundary walls of the school and intimidating the teachers and the students.

LAHORE:May 16: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Arif Nawaz has said to improve level of police training and realising the requirements of police training in southern districts, Police Training School Multan has been upgraded to Police Training College Multan and the seat of principal has also been upgraded.

Rawalpindi:15 May: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday said that newly established university in Rawalpindi would start admissions in June and over 7,000 female students would be initially imparted higher education near their doorstep. In a statement issued here, the minister thanked Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar to issuing notification for the Rawalpindi’s second largest women university.

LAHORE:15 May: The 12th meeting of Fatima Jinnah Medical University syndicate was held under the chairpersonship of Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid. Members of syndicate including Vice Chancellor FJMU Prof Dr Aamir Rizwan Khan, Prof Dr Tahira Murtaza, Umul Bonain Ali, Member Punjab Assembly Ayesha Nawaz, Prof Nishat Masood, Prof Dr Musarat Nisaar, Prof Dr Maira and Medical Superintendent Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Prof Dr Fayyaz were present in the meeting.

LAHORE:May 15: Punjab University (PU) Examinations Department has issued the schedule for submission of admission forms for the LLB (5-year) Part-I Annual Examination 2019. According to details, the last date for submission of admission forms for regular candidates of LLB (5-year) Part-I Annual Examination 2019 with single fee is 20-5-19 while the forms can be submitted with double fee till 24-5-19. The details are available at PU website www.pu.edu.pk.The news.

LAHORE:May 15: Punjab Boards Committee of Chairmen (PBCC) has issued revised online schedule of enrolment/admission for Class-9th for academic session 2019-2021. According to details, the last date for admission in Class-9, without late fee, for all the nine Boards of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISEs) will be May 30, 2019 while with late fee, Rs500 (per student), the last date will be June 13, 2019.The news.

LAHORE:14 May: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been inked between University of Management and Technology (UMT) and Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX) to promote knowledge about the capital market. According to a press release, the MOU aimed to initiate efforts to create awareness and promote knowledge about the capital market amongst the participants through the PSX - National Investor Education Programme to educate them about financial planning and stock market operations.

JHANG:12 May: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Controller Examinations Mrs Shahnaz Alvi has asked the superintendents of examination centres to follow the directions of the board while conducting the examinations. The BISE controller of examinations said that male mobile inspectors would not be allowed to remain present inside the female examination centres as it would cause inconvenience for the girl students.

Rawalpindi :11 May: Students and teachers of Sadeeqa’s Learning System (SLS) Montessori & High School, Satellite Town, Montessori Branch, celebrated International Day of Families through a special program, says a press release.

LAHORE:May 11: Punjab University has extended date of online registration for MA/ MSc (private candidates) part-I annual examination 2019 up to May 15 with double fee. Details are available on PU website.The news.

LAHORE:10 May: Punjab University Library in a programme presented ten book lover awards to its highly engaged readers on the occasion of World Book Day 2019. Since 2012, each year the library is organising this event to encourage book reading among university students. Shahzeb Khan, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, was invited to the occasion and in a brief talk he shared valuable sights on how the students can make their book reading habit more productive for themselves.

LAHORE:10 May: Punjab University has extended the date for online registration of BCom (private candidates) part-I annual examination 2019 up to May 15 with double fee. Further details are available on PU website.The news.