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SHANGLA: All government girls schools in Shangla district have been facing shortage of teachers for three months as most teachers have got themselves transferred near their homes using political connections, thus badly impacting the education of students. Officials in the ...

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday, while inaugurating transport services to the Government Associate College for Women Manghot, Gujar Khan, said that education is a cardinal factor for women’s empowerment. “The provision of basic facilities to promote ...

LAHORE: Nazia Ilyas becomes the first female nurse to obtain a PhD degree in Nursing Science, which created a new history across Punjab. She has completed this PhD on the subject of “Quality of midwifery care for child bearing women ...

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman said that special attention is being given to strengthening the links between academia and industry in the universities. He said that the education and empowerment of women are very important for the development of society. ...

Two schools for girls in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region on the border with Afghanistan were blown up overnight apparently by gunmen, regional officials told RFE/RL on May 22. No one was hurt in the bombings, which targeted schools in ...