The Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) may announce a new schedule for the exams and the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) may announce a new schedule for the exams and “to protect students from the extreme heat, the Universities and Boards Department rescheduled the intermediate and matric group examinations from May 21 to May 27” according to BSEK exam controller Khalid Ehsan. He clarified that the exam rescheduling that was going around in chat rooms and on social media following the exams’ postponement was unofficial and not in line with the official schedule. Ehsan said “that the Board would issue a new timetable…
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin, on the sidelines of SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting being held in Astana from 20-21 May 2024. The two Foreign Ministers reaffirmed commitment to further strengthen bilateral cooperation and high-level dialogue. They underlined the early implementation of CASA-1000 project and other connectivity and regional integration projects for mutual benefit of the two countries and the wider region.
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), is expected to announce the summer holidays timetable for schools and collages in the next several days. The federal educational institutions are expected to observe summer vacation from June 10 to July 31.like every year, summer vacation are announced for over two months in the federal capital. The federal government will issued a final notification in this regard in the upcoming days.Climate change is predicted to bring above-average temperatures to Islamabad this year, just like it has for other cities. According to the weather forecast for the upcoming month, Islamabad might see heat waves as high as 41 or 42…
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warned the public to take protective measures to protect themselves from extreme heat wave conditions on Monday as it raised daytime temperatures from May 21–27. According to the PMD, from May 21 to 27, daytime highs in Islamabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Balochistan were predicted to stay 4 to 6 degrees Celsius above average.In Sindh and Punjab, daytime highs are predicted to be between 4 and 6 degrees Celsius above average from May 21 to 23, and between 6 and 8 degrees Celsius from May 23 to 27. The synoptic condition indicated that continental air…
Quaid-i-Azam University’s Academic Staff Association (ASA) has demanded that the government set aside Rs. 5 billion to solve the funding shortfall.They said that the university’s regular operations are under danger due to a serious financial situation. According to the ASA president, the institution has a shortfall in its budget of about Rs. 800 million. He said “that unpaid expenditures for teaching, lab supplies, consumables, student fellowships, medical expenses, and even office supplies had brought the institution to a complete halt since January 2023”. In an attempt to avoid the university’s imminent financial collapse, the president of ASA appealed to President Asif…
The Head of the Saudi National Centre of Meteorology has issued a warning about extreme heat, for the coming Hajj trip next month.Ayman Ghulam said that the Hajj season, which runs from June 24 to June 29, will fall during the hottest month of the year. “In order for them to take precautions during this year’s Hajj, it was necessary to be in contact with the agencies in question and notify them of the weather forecasts at the holy places,” Ghulam said. The intense heat will be a problem for the millions of Muslims who plan to go to Makkah for…
ISLAMABAD : Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, the chairman of the Senate, said that Pakistan and Turkiye have similar goals for regional growth, unity, and prosperity. He discussed these opinions with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday in the Parliament House. The Foreign Minister made a request for a discussion on measures to strengthen multilateral cooperation with Chairman of the Senate. In-depth talks throughout the conference centered on enhancing mutually beneficial relationships in order to broaden the connections for the benefit of both parties. Mutually beneficial international and regional concerns were also discussed. Chairman Senate described Turkiye as a brotherly Muslim nation and…
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, the National Accounts Committee (NAC) will convene to finalize the economic indicator calculations for Pakistan for the current fiscal year (FY24). The government had targeted 3.5 percent GDP growth for FY24, with growth in the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors accounting for 3.4, 3.6, and 3.5 percent of the total.The previous NAC meeting, which reviewed the Q1 and Q2 GDP estimates for FY24, took place in March of this year. In contrast to the revised 2.50 percent increase in the first quarter and 2.20 percent growth in the second quarter of FY23, the country’s GDP is predicted…
Professor Abdul Rashid Gatrad OBE, a highly esteemed and senior consultant pediatrician in Britain, has urged the Pakistani government to provide vocational training to the most underprivileged children, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. Professor Abdul Rashid Gatrad has raised over £3 million for numerous health-related development projects worldwide in his capacity as CEO of Midland International Trust (MIAT). Together with his colleagues, he constructed a cutting-edge cleft hospital in Gujarat, Pakistan. ITV did a 15-minute documentary on the project since it was so well-executed and powerful. All services, including operations, are offered without charge and…
KARACHI: The National Disaster Management Authority and Met Office’s heatwave alarm has prompted the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) to announce the postponing of the class 9 and 10 annual examinations. “With reference to Notification No. SO(Boards-I)/U&B/Annual-Exam2024, all parties involved are hereby notified that the SSC Part I & II 1st Annual Examination-2024 which was originally scheduled to take place from May 21 to 27 2024, has been postponed. This decision was made in response to the heat wave alert that was issued by NDMA & PDMA. Mr. Muhammad Ali Malkani, Controlling Authority Sindh Boards of Education Minister, Universities…
