LAHORE:25 June: Punjab University (PU) Syndicate meeting, scheduled by ‘look after’ Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran, on Saturday was spoiled by scuffle between two groups of the teachers in the Syndicate room.

According to the details, PU Law College Assistant Professor Naeem Ullah physically assaulted his colleague Dr Naveed Ahmad, adding that Institute of Quality and Technology Management Assistant Professor (IQTM) Dr Muhammad Shafiq manhandled Syndicate member Shamaila Gull and threatened her of consequences.

Lahore:June 25: Punjab University has awarded PhDs to two scholars in different subjects.Ghulam Haider, son of Punu Khan, has been awarded a PhD in Special Education after approval of his thesis entitled “The Writing Processes of Students with Learning Difficulties in L2 (English) Composition: Protocol Analysis.” Park Kyo Soun, s/o Park Ho Sik, has been awarded a PhD in History after approval of his thesis entitled “Identification of Buddisht Historical Record in Pakistan.The news.

Lahore:June 25:Punjab University has issued date sheets of BBA (Hons.), first, second and third years, second annual examinations 2015, and revised date sheet of BSc (Engg) Electrical Engineering first semester examination 2016.The details are available at www.pu.edu.pk.The news.

Rawalpindi:June 25:The education department has received over 7,000 applications for 730 vacant posts of Grade-4 with some of the applicants applied on the letter heads of MNAs and MPAs, the sources said here on Thursday.

MULTAN:June 23:A seven-year-old student at a seminary in a Laar police precinct was beaten up by his teacher on Wednesday. The child’s parents told The Express Tribune that their son and his friends had apparently hidden the teacher’s shoes and he had flared up because of that.

Lahore:June 23:Virtual University (VU) and University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Taxila have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research, development, innovation and joint education.

VU Rector Dr Naveed A Malik and UET Taxila Vice-Chancellor Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar signed the MoU. Both the institutions agreed to exchange relevant technical information and provide support in the field of education.

Rawalpindi:June 21:The Punjab government has constituted a team to probe into the distribution mechanism and find out whether any kind of irregularity was conducted during distribution of laptops among the university students in the Rawalpindi district.

The committee comprising Prof. Shafaq Dar, Prof. Muhammad Saleem and Lecturer Saleem Bhatti would get details about distribution mechanism from various universities including Arid University Rawalpindi, Government Post Graduate College (Sixth Road) and Rawalpindi Medical College.

Lahore:June 18:National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDCL) has started an internship programme for 300 students of 30 universities of the country as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Lahore:June 18:Punjab University Institute of Communication Studies and Overseas Pakistanis Commission, Punjab, have signed a memorandum Of understanding (MoU) to provide internship facilities to the students of the institute.

The MoU signing ceremony was held at Punjab University Vice-Chancellor’s office, according to a handout issued here on Friday.

Lahore:June 18:The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC), an apex body in technical education across the country, has accredited further 33 institutes of Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) with 239 programmes in view of their outstanding performance.

Rawalpindi:June 18:Riphah International University and Quality and Productivity Society of Pakistan (QPSP) jointly organised a national seminar on ‘Quality Assurance in Higher Education’ here on Friday at Riphah International University.

The objective of the seminar was to discuss the key challenges in implementing the quality assurance mechanism in Pakistani universities. The session was attended by various quality assurance experts, deans, directors and faculty members from more than 40 public and private sector universities of the country.

Karachi:June 18:In keeping with the essence of holy month of Ramazan, “Who is Hussain? (Karachi)”, a global educational campaign, will organise an Iftar-dinner for orphans and underprivileged citizens, according a press release issued on Friday.

The event would be arranged at the Grand Ballroom near Star Gate on Sharea Faisal, it added. “The holy month of Ramazan teaches selflessness and edifies a believer to indiscriminately show care and compassion towards the suffering humanity.The news.