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DAWN EDUCATION EXPO 2012 is a unique higher education platform, specially conceived to facilitate the enrolment of Pakistani students in universities and institutes of higher learning. DAWN EDUCATION EXPO 2012 is organised by DAWN, Pakistan's leading -English language newspaper, read by the country's most influential consumer segments. DAWN is also recommended reading in the finest schools and colleges throughout Pakistan, and it is from this select body of schools that the DAWN EDUCATION EXPO draws its maximum student participation, thereby ensuring exceptional quality. Schedule & Venues Islamabad February 5 & 6, 2012  Jinnah Convention Centre Lahore February 8 & 9, 2012 Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi February 11 & 12, 2012 TDAP Karachi Expo Centre SOURCE: educationexpo.dawn.com

29 January 2012 Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology required Project Director for its Karachi based Construction Project, click the image to view complete details English Urdu

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy the first Pakistani that earned Oscars Nomination through her Documentary film "Saving Face". The film chronicles the life of a British Pakistani plastic surgeon who donates his time to heal acid victims in Pakistan. The film also documents the journey of these women who come to terms with the violence in their lives and how they fight against all odds to learn to live again. This documentary closely follows the survivors of acid burn attacks and the role of parliamentarians that are actively involved in passing legislation against the attackers.  Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is an Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker. Her films include PAKISTAN'S TALIBAN GENERATION, which aired on PBS, Channel 4, CBC, SBS and Arte and was the recipient of theAlfred I Dupont Award as well as The Association for International Broadcasting award. Sharmeen has made over a dozen-multi award winning films in over 10 countries around the world and is the first non-American

Karachi  The VC, Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Professor Dr Muhammad Qaiser (Jan 08 to Present) is being considered as the strongest candidate to for the vacant post of VC in University of Karachi, as the KU VC Dr. Peerzada Qasim completed his term second time in January. Born on August 15, 1946, Professor Qaiser completed his PhD in 1976.  Professor Qaiser completed his MSc from KU in 1967 and later joined the university as an assistant lecturer of Botany. He worked as a research officer at the same department from 1969 to 71, and later served as lecturer from 1971 to 77. During 1979-82, he took leave from KU and went to Al-Faateh University, Tripoli, Libya, to teach Botany as an assistant professor. Later, he joined Frei Universitat, Berlin, Germany, where he completed his post-doctorate (1984 to 1985) and did 18 months’ research on the genus Phagnalon Cass - Compositae.

Islamabad Federal Urdu University, Islamabad Campus in collaboration with Management Hive, a management consulting & training firm, offers a comprehensive CISCO Certified Network certification program designed for students seeking career oriented, enterprise level networking skills. These certified programs help students develop the skills needed to succeed in ICT related degree and diploma programs and prepare for the CISCO certifications. It provides a theoretically rich, hands-on learning experience covering advanced routing, switching, and troubleshooting skills. The curriculum has been designed to reflect the job skills and responsibilities that are associated with professional level job roles such as network engineer, systems engineer, network support engineer, network administrator, network consultant, and system integrator. The CISCO certified programs which will be conducted on the campus are : MCSE CCNA Discovery CCNP Security CCNP SOURCES: FUUASTISB.EDU.PK MANAG

Islamabad United States Educational Foundation (USEF), Pakistan has invited applications from Pakistani journalists to be part of the U.S-Pakistan Professional Partnership Program to get professional training of journalism and to interact with the U.S Journalists.  “The program will involve journalists from both countries working together and building real professional relationships as well as the opportunity to learn about media reporting in each other’s country” A USEF announcement said. It has been known that the program is being run by the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ), a Washington based organization whose mission is to impart journalism education worldwide. The program is funded by U.S Department of State. The selected journalists will spend Six weeks in the U. S in the upcoming Summer and will participate in various events, opportunities and will witness the life-style of the host country. The participants will be engaged with various media organizations and learn

Virtual University of Pakistan has always been committed to “education  for all” and from its very inception, pursued an open policy regarding  delivery methodology and services. In continuation of this, the  University has launched its Open Course Ware (OCW) Web Portal, which  provide free and open contents to everyone over the globe. This  digital publication of high quality educational material contains  courses contents, overview, handouts, lesson videos, reference books,  related links and assignments etc. The VU Open Courseware website can  be visited at http://ocw.vu.edu.pk VU is now a member of 'OpenCourseWareConsortium', it is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing OpenCourseWare and its impact on global education. We serve as a resource for starting and sustaining OCW projects, as a coordinating body for the movement on a global scale, and as a forum for exchange of ideas and futur

24 January 2012 State Bank of Pakistan announces Merit Scholarship Scheme for Serving, Retired & deceased employees.  Click the below image to view full advertisement.

24 January 2012 Higher Education Commission of Pakistan announced Foreign Funded Scholarship Programmes. Click the below image to view full advertisement.

Islamabad FUUAST School of Econmics announced admission (spring 2012) merit list for MSc, MPHIL & PHD Economics. The last date for fee submission is 3rd Feb 2012. Result awaited students are advised to submit their results as soon as possible. They must obtain marks as per admission criteria and percentage, otherwise their admission will be cancelled. Merit Lists M.Sc Economics M. Phil/Ph.D Economics

NBEAC is a sub authority of HEC as Higher Education Commission has been authorized in article 3 Sub-Section (e) to set up national or regional evaluation council or authorize any existing, council or similar body to carry out accreditation of Institutions including their departments, faculties and disciplines by giving them appropriate rating. The purpose of NBEAC is to assure quality in Business Administration/ Public Administration/ Management Sciences degree programs according to the proposed accreditation in educational institutions. It requires a program to meet certain defined standards or criteria.The accreditation is for specific degree programs and not for the institutions.Moreover, accreditation is not to be confused with certi

The Islamabad Campus of Federal Urdu University of Arts Sciences & Technology announces admissions for spring session 2012 (morning / evening). Click the image to see full advertisement

Karachi Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology issues the Admission lists (2012  morning) for faculties of Science, Arts, Business Administration & Commerce. The lists are displayed in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Abdul Haq campuses. As per the Director Admission, January 30 is the last dates for depositing the fee.

STUDENTS enrolled in MS/M.Phil can take either thesis or course work to complete the programme. Previously, the Higher Education Commission had made the thesis mandatory for those M.Phil students who intend to take admission in PhD. This information was incorporated in the document containing minimum criteria for M.Phil/PhD programmes and posted on the HEC website. Subsequently, this clause was removed on the document in question but no formal notification to this effect has been issued by the HEC. This has left ambiguity all around. While some universities are offering admission in PhD programmes to those students who opted for course work instead of thesis, others are not doing the same. This ambiguity could have been avoided had the HEC followed the established procedure of amending a policy document through proper notification. HEC authorities are requested to clarify the position and if thesis is not compulsory, then universities may be advised not to refuse admissio

The Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter organized "Young Architects Festival" from 14-16 October, 2011 at Chandigarh. This national event of IIA was organized for the first-time in Chandigarh. About 750 architects, urban planners, interior designers and students of these professions from all over India and abroad attended this Festival. The inaugural function was held on 14th October, 2011 at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh. The Festival included a series of activities of cultural events, an International Conference on "Contemporary Architecture: Beyond Corbusierism", travelling exhibition of architectural works of chapters, displayed from 12-16 October, titled "CONTEXTUAL ARCHITECTURE: An Indian Perspective," featuring especially the late 20th and early 21st century architecture and the Nest Thesis of eth year 2010-2011 Competition.  Ar. Fasih-ud-Din Khan, a young architect from Lahore Pakistan has made Pakis

KARACHI Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (FUUAST) announced the annual examinations date of BA and BCom (private). According to the announcement, the examinations will commence from Feb 6. However, the examination date of MA (private) will be announced later. SOURCE: University

Why is Wikipedia blacked-out? Wikipedia is protesting against SOPA and PIPA by blacking out the English Wikipedia for 24 hours, beginning at midnight January 18, Eastern Time. Readers who come to English Wikipedia during the blackout will not be able to read the encyclopedia. Instead, you will see messages intended to raise awareness about SOPA and PIPA, encouraging you to share your views with your representatives, and with each other on social media. What are SOPA and PIPA? SOPA and PIPA represent two bills in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate respectively. SOPA is short for the "Stop Online Piracy Act," and PIPA is an acronym for the "Protect IP Act." ("IP" stands for "intellectual property.") In short, these bills are efforts to stop copyright infringement committed by foreign web sites, but, in our opinion, they do so in a way that actually infringes free expression while harming the Internet. Detail

Karachi Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology Karachi announces the B.Ed exams to be commenced from 24 January 2012. As per the controller examination Professor Waqar-ul-Hassan these Exams will be conducted in MSC Block of FUUAST Gulshan Campus & Exam timings will be 2 PM to 5 PM or  2:30 PM to 5:30 PM The Examination dates for the private degree exams will be announced later .

Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology Karachi Campuses announce the merit list for admissions (2012 - Morning). Merit Lists The merit lists are in PDF Format to view the list download Adobe Reader using the below link Download Adobe Reader using the following link

Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology - Karachi announces  NTS Results for the Admissions (2012 - Morning) in the below disciplines. Computer Science Geology Pharmacy BBA Passing marks are 45. Merit list of admissions will be announced on 15th Jan 2012. For searching in results, after opening the PDF use the Ctrl + F to open the search box. Download Adobe Reader using the following link SOURCE: UNIVERSITY RESOURCES

After massive road infrastructure development in Karachi during the nine years of Musharraf’s tenure, a relief was somehow provided to the city where provisions of transport facilities have always remained a major issue. And despite all public pressures and the struggle of the elected nominees of the metropolitan, recommendations of traffic experts, number of traffic development projects could not be materialised so far, and the revival of the Karachi Circular Railway is one of them. With the passage of time, transport issues have once again cropped up in the city as all important areas of the city are facing the problems of traffic gridlocks, congestion, wastage of fuel, time and energy, parking, lack of public transport etc. The absence of parking areas and acute massive encroachment on main streets, service roads, and footpaths passing through all big and small commercial hubs, markets and bazaars in the city create massive hurdles in the flow of smooth traffic. Traffic gridlocks ca

Pakistan vs England 2012 will begin on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in UAE as per cricket schedule announced. The Pakistan vs England 2012 bilateral series is a part of Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP) prepared by International Cricket Council (ICC). UAE will host this bilateral series, beginning on January 17, 2012. In Pakistan vs England 2012 bilateral series, first Test match would be between Pakistan - England on Jan 17, 2012 at 00:00 local time to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. Scheduled Date Match Details and Venue Tue Jan 17 - Sat Jan 21   1st Test - Pakistan vs England  Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Wed Jan 25 - Sun Jan 29   2nd Test - Pakistan vs England  Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Fri Feb 3 - Tue Feb 7   3rd Test - Pakistan vs England  Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Mon Feb 13 - D/N 1st ODI - Pakistan vs England  Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Wed Feb 15  - D/N     2nd ODI - Pakistan vs England  Sheikh Zaye

LAHORE In what could simply be described as an enormous loss for Pakistan, Arfa Karim, the world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), lost the battle of life after remaining admitted here at Combined Military Hospital on Saturday night, Geo News reported. Arfa Karim was only sixteen years old. Her funeral prayers will be offered on Sunday at 10 AM in Cantt area. Arifa Karim remained in intensive care at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after suffering an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest a few weeks ago. After battling for life for 26 days, one of Pakistan's brightest brains left this world for good. Born in 1995, Arfa Karim got the honor of World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional when she was only 9 years old in 2004. Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft, invited Arfa to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA in the age of 10 only. Later, in August 2005, Arfa was also honored by the Pakistan Government for the Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal in

Karachi Two gold medals have been instituted in the name of late Prof Khalilullah, a former principal of the Federal Urdu College Karachi. These medals would be conferred at the next convocation of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST). This was pointed out by an official of the FUUAST here on Thursday. It was stated that Humayun Khalil, son of late Prof Khalilullah, on Thursday met with the Vice-Chancellor of the FUUAST, Prof Dr Muhammad Qaiser, and made the announcement regarding the institution of the two gold medals. These medals would be conferred at the next convocation of the FUUAST to the first position holders in the disciplines of Political Science and Islamiat. Humayun also handed over the books and publications of late Prof Khalilullah to the Vice-Chancellor of the FUUAST.

Karachi January 6, 2012 All the papers of the degree exams of private candidates have been postponed till the announcement of new dates, said by  Controller of Examinations, Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Prof Dr Waqar Ul Haq.

Karachi Students of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) have presented a report on media, criticising that it has bulldozed the ethics of journalism just to beat each other in breaking news. The reports was presented during a ceremony held with the cooperation of Non-governmental organization (NGO) Uks, at the Karachi Press Club here on Wednesday. Special correspondent of BBC Wusatullah Khan was the chief guest on the occasion. While Tasneem Ahmer, director (Uks), Professor Dr. Tauseef, chairman of Mass Communication of FUUAST also participated the ceremony. Addressing the ceremony, Wusatullah Khan appreciated the report and said that this was a very good example of presenting an analytical report by students. He further said that people has the right to ask questions regarding the role of media to present the news because the current media has now become a product and people are really confused to believe on its reports. Tasneem Ahmer described the o

KARACHI January 3, 2012 Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (FUUAST) National Aptitude Test (NAT) for computer science, geology, BBA and Pharm D will be held under National Testing Service (NTS) on 8th of January, Sunday. Announced by Director Admissions Prof Muhammad Siddique Although the admit cards have been sent to the residential addresses of candidates; however, admit cards could also be downloaded from NTS website.