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. KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar titled “Teachers — The Change Makers” emphasized that teaching excellence in colleges depends on professional ethics, accountability, and modern pedagogical skills. The event, held at Khatoon-e-Pakistan Government Degree Girls College, focused on strengthening professionalism and raising academic standards in Sindh’s college education system. Director General Colleges Sindh, Prof Dr Naveed … Read more
. RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Social Welfare Department is set to host a grand divisional ceremony on November 4 to distribute advanced assistive devices to persons with disabilities (PWDs) across the Rawalpindi Division. Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Sohail Shaukat Butt will preside as chief guest, while parliamentarians and senior officials are also expected to attend … Read more
My colleague Declan Walsh writes about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur — and how the world is now largely looking away.
[The official, Dr. George F. Tidmarsh, a top regulator at the agency, said disagreements over a new program to rapidly approve medications had caused tensions with agency officials.
. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping turned new a leaf in resilience as they entered into an unwritten agreement on easing the ongoing trade war between the US and China. The superpower summit held at a South Korean airbase in Busan was startling in essence as the leaders of the two biggest economies reportedly yielded … Read more
The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case.
Blaze was likely caused by short circuit during the removal of illegal electricity connections A massive fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday in Gulistan-e-Jauhar’s Block 12 near Munawar Chowrangi, reducing more than 200 huts to ashes along with personal belongings, motorcycles, and livestock. Fortunately, no human lives were lost. According to fire … Read more
Schoof said the 3,500-year-old artifact was seized at a 2022 Dutch art fair after an anonymous tip. The artefact in question, which depicts a senior official from the 1479–1425 BC reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III. PHOTO: DUTCH GOVERNMENT WEBSITE The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture that turned up at a Dutch art fair to … Read more
She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid.
Restoration project unveils hidden Mughal architecture once used for royal privacy A centuries-old secret beneath the Lahore Fort has been rediscovered. The long-forgotten Khilwat Khana chambers, hidden below the fort’s Khilwat Khana and Shah Burj Quadrangle, have been meticulously restored under a major conservation initiative led by the Aga Khan Cultural Service–Pakistan. The restoration, undertaken … Read more
