LAHORE:06 March: The second convocation of Information Technology University (ITU), Punjab, will be held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Wednesday (today). According to a press release, Punjab Governor/ITU Chancellor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar will chair the convocation. Debating contest: Ameer Uddin Medical College and Post Graduate Medical Institute Principal Prof Muhammad Tayyab has called upon the younger generation to keep abreast of the national and international issues.

FAISALABAD:04 March: The number of PhD club of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad has risen up to 1,759 with the award of PhD degrees to six more scholars, including three females.

LAHORE:04 March:Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS) Director Prof Dr Rubeena Zakar has said child marriages must be controlled to avoid cervical cancer. According to a press release while addressing an awareness seminar on prevention of cervical cancer in Pakistan, she said although the exact incidence and prevalence of cervical cancer was not known, 20 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer daily.

LAHORE:03 March: Institute of Business and Management (IM&B) of the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) on Saturday had to withdraw a notification of dress code for its students after the notification went viral on media.

Lahore:03 March:Punjab University (PU) has awarded PhD degree to Syed Muhammad Hassan Raza in the subject of space science after approval of his thesis entitled ‘Appraisal of Multiple Scenarios for Rice Plant Growth in Punjab Pakistan through RS/GIS Techniques’.The news.

Lahore:01 March:The 82nd convocation of Kinnaird College for Women was held here on Thursday in which 686 degrees were awarded to the graduating students while 13 gold medals were also awarded to students for their academic achievement.

LAHORE:01 March: Secondary school certificate (matriculation) annual examination 2019 will commence from Friday (today). Every year the SSC exams are held, simultaneously, by all boards of intermediate & secondary education (BISEs) in Punjab. Over five lakh candidates will appear in the BISE Lahore SSC exams for which 821 exam centres have been set up by the board in its jurisdiction which also includes Kasur, Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib Districts.The news.

LAHORE:01 March: Punjab University (PU) on Thursday took out a rally to express solidarity with Pakistan Army. PU teachers, officers, employees and a large number of students participated in the rally which was led by Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad Akhtar. The rally was taken out from College of Earth and Environmental Sciences chowk in which participants were carrying banners and posters lauding the valour of Pakistan Army. The participants chanted slogans in support of Pakistan Army and against Indian aggression.

LAHORE:28 Feb: Mrs Sofia Usman Buzdar, wife of Chief Minister Punjab, attended the annual funfair of the Government College of Home Economics, Gulberg, Lahore, as a guest of honour.The news.

Rawalpindi:26 Feb: Govt. Viqar-un-Nisa Post Graduate College (W), Rawalpindi organised its Annual Sports Gala here on Monday under the patronage of Principal of the college, Prof. Dr. Saira Mufti. The competition featured numerous games and over a hundred students participated in them. The grounds were decorated with colourful banners, flags and welcoming notes. The event was inaugurated by the Principal, Prof. Dr. Saira Mufti. Balloons were released in the air and traditional enthusiasm of the students was observed.

LAHORE:26 Feb: Provincial Minister for Labour & Human Resource Anser Majeed Khan visited workers’ welfare schools for boys at Nishtar Colony and Bhubtian Chowk and started the plantation campaign.

LAHORE:26 Feb: Punjab Minister for Schools Education Murad Raas said a roadmap has been prepared to improve the organisational standard of small and medium-scale private educational institutions in the province so that best education could be provided to the children who mostly belong to the low-income families. He was addressing the annual prize distribution ceremony of a private school.

Rawalpindi:25 Feb: Secondary School Certificate (SSC) 2019 annual papers would be held on March 1 in accordance with the schedule announced earlier and the roll number slips of the regular students have been dispatched to the institutions concerned and all the private students. According to Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE) spokesman, there would be no change in the schedule announced by the board.

LAHORE:25 Feb: The seventh edition of three-day Lahore Literary Festival concluded at Alhamra here on Sunday night.

LAHORE :24 Feb: Punjab University’s 128th convocation was held at the university’s New Campus here on Saturday in which 38 PhD degrees, 373 MS/MPhil, 393 master’s, 267 undergraduate degrees and 299 medals were distributed among the graduates. As many as 75 medals were also distributed among undergraduate students, 68 medals among master’s students and 100 medals were distributed among MPhil/MS students. A total of 1,314 degrees and medals were distributed in the convocation.