LCWU approves new academic programmes
Lahore
January 22, 2021
LAHORE:Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) is all set to launch some new academic programmes, including Tourism & Hospitality and Physiotherapy etc.
The LCWU Syndicate has approved the launch of these and many other programmes during its 78th meeting. The syndicate also approved setting up of new Department of Software Engineering while academic programmes, including Bachelor of Physiotherapy, MEd (one-year programme), BEd (18 months programme), Bachelor of Tourism & Hospitality, PhD Management Sciences, MPhil Special Education and MBA specialisation were also approved.
The syndicate meeting was chaired by the LCWU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra Mirza and was attended by Dr Kanwal Amin, Dr Saiqa Imtiaz, Khurshid A Malik, MPAs Uzma Kardar, Sumera Ahmad, Sadia Sohail Rana and officials from administrative departments.
LAHORE: Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Hamayun Sarfraz says creation of the Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) under the 18th Amendment was a mistake.
Terming the PHEC a ‘useless entity’, he says the “amendment is not a sacred document which can’t be changed.”
He was addressing the oath-taking ceremony of the Lahore Education Reporters Association (LERA) at the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) Campus on Wednesday.The minister said some of the provinces, including Punjab and Sindh, had established their education commissions which were overlapping the role of federal Higher Education Commission (HEC).
He said if the [PTI] government attained a two-third majority in next vote, it would make education a federal subject. “The previous governments had made some mistakes in shifting higher education to provinces and this mistake could be rectified,” he said.
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January 9, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar Friday said if the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) would hold a long march, the government would not create any hurdle in it.
However, he warned, the opposition alliance would not gain anything from it.
He said the PDM was facing visible divisions in its ranks, as every party was trying to safeguard its political and personal interests. “No matter how hard they try, they will have to come to the negotiating table,” he said, while talking to the media at Governor’s House after meeting different delegations here. The governor welcomed the opposition parties’ decision to take part in the Senate and by-elections. He said the country was facing many challenges including inflation, and the government was using all its resources to tackle them. He said Maulana Fazlur Rehman had already staged a long march from Karachi to Islamabad, and the PTI government had not created any hurdle in it. “If the PDM
LAHORE: As per the government’s decision, Punjab University will start online classes from January 11.A PU spokesman said that the university would re-open from February 1, 2021 subject to.
Sarwar says no hurdle in PDM long march
National
January 9, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar Friday said if the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) would hold a long march, the government would not create any hurdle in it.
However, he warned, the opposition alliance would not gain anything from it.
He said the PDM was facing visible divisions in its ranks, as every party was trying to safeguard its political and personal interests. “No matter how hard they try, they will have to come to the negotiating table,” he said, while talking to the media at Governor’s House after meeting different delegations here.