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Pakistan

HEC opens applications for Swiss Govt Excellence Scholarships — here’s how to apply

Fully funded PhD, research, and postdoctoral opportunities open for Pakistani scholars

Published 03 Sep, 2025 05:55pm

Life & Style

Pakistan wins first-ever Gold Medal in International Biology Olympiad

Team participate under sponsorship of STEM Careers Programme

Published 27 Jul, 2025 09:01am

Pakistan

HEC chairman calls for urgent boost in higher education budget amid 0.22% allocation

HEC chief calls for tighter enforcement of institutional regulations

Published 04 Jul, 2025 08:25am

Pakistan

PMDC considering electronic assessment for MDCAT

They are also exploring options for a centralized or university-specific test

Published 28 Nov, 2024 12:32pm

Pakistan

HEC allows Urdu University grant affiliation to colleges in undergraduate degree programme

FUUAST will update the HEC immediately on the status of de-affiliated colleges

Published 08 Sep, 2024 01:14am

Pakistan

HEC announces Jan 3 as last date to apply for IT centralised test

Successful candidates will be given apprenticeships at the top IT companies

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:25pm

Pakistan

KP govt abolishes 2-year associate degree programme in all colleges

Education dept directs colleges to offer admission only in BS programme

Published 13 Oct, 2023 06:46pm

Pakistan

KP’s education department bars varsities from granting new affiliation

Says higher education institutes violated rules in affiliating colleges

Published 02 Oct, 2023 10:42am

Pakistan

Ministry forms committee to discuss ‘pros and cons’ of student unions

Committee to submit report in 10 days

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 04:25pm

Pakistan

Bahawalpur Islamia University probe finds no evidence of drugs, sex racket

HEC panel says 2-3 officers were involved in illegal activities as individuals

Updated 14 Sep, 2023 05:40pm

Pakistan

NA standing committee directs issuing arrest warrants of Islamia University VC

Caretaker CM Punjab forms committee to investigate alleged drug trade

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 01:07am

Pakistan

Gender parity in HEC enrollment within touching distance: chairman

Prof Dr Mukhtar Ahmed says 48% of those enrolled with HEC are women, up from 32% in 2001

Updated 28 Dec, 2022 08:32pm

Business & Economy

Japan, Pakistan open jobs portal for ICT engineers

Japan needs around 8,00,000 IT engineers that favour Pakistani engineers

Published 29 Sep, 2022 01:55pm

Pakistan

Elite education leads to brain drain in Pakistan

Everything is wrong with a system that does not impart basic literacy in the vernacular

Published 29 Sep, 2022 01:45pm

صدر نے ایچ ای سی ترمیمی آرڈیننس 2021کی منظوری دے دی

اسلام آباد:صدر مملکت ڈاکٹر عارف علوی نے ہائیرایجوکیشن کمیشن...

Updated 08 Apr, 2021 03:04pm

وفاقی حکومت نے چیئرمین ایچ ای سی طارق بنوری کو عہدے سے ہٹا دیا

وفاقی حکومت نے چیئرمین ہائر ایجوکیشن کمیشن (ایچ ای سی) طارق ...

Published 27 Mar, 2021 10:35am

Pakistan

HEC directs all universities to hold online exams after students protest

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) after a weeklong protest by students against on-campus examinations has broken...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 12:22pm

Pakistan

'HEC allows two-year Bachelor, Masters programs till 2022'

The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) gave permission to continue two years of bachelor’s and...

Published 12 Jan, 2021 10:50am