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The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) is set to announce the results for intermediate part-II tomorrow (Wednesday), a statement said Tuesday. The results will be released at 1:30pm tomorrow, with Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mehmood as a special guest at the result announcement ceremony, the statement said.

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The Sindh High Court has ordered the education ministry to start the four-year graduation degree program in all colleges and universities. At a hearing Monday, Justice Salahuddin Panhwar questioned Education Secretary Ghulam Akbar Laghari. The other provinces have made their four-year graduation programs, when will it be done in Sindh? The education secretary said that the government has made preparation but there were problems with some colleges. The judge asked for the number of colleges in the province. The secretary said there are 350 colleges out of which 340 are active. The judge remarked that a fraud has been committed…

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The England Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday decided to cancel its tour to Pakistan days after New Zealand had pulled its team out at the last minute ahead of its series due to “security” concerns. Expressing regret, ECB said, “we understand that this decision will be a significant disappointment to the PCB”, who have worked tirelessly to host the return of international cricket in their country. The ECB, however, said the “mental and physical well-being” of its players and support staff remains their highest priority, and this was even more critical given the times “we are currently living in”. “We…

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“Seeking knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim.” – Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) Islam lays a great emphasis on seeking knowledge. The first revelation of the Holy Quran begins with the word “Read”. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ set free the prisoners of the Battle of Badr on the condition that they were to teach 10 Muslims how to read and write, and this teaching was to count as their ransom. All the rightly guided caliphs of Islam made special arrangements for the education of Muslims during their respective regimes. Education is a key to a progressive nation. The world…

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Education ministers from the four provinces have decided that all students of matric and intermediate classes will be declared successful in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation. The meeting made the decision because the Covid-19 situation did not allow the government to hold supplementary examinations this year. However, the education ministers have decided to conduct matriculation and intermediate biannually (twice a year). There would be no supplementary exams in future. The biannual examination would be held in May and June and the new academic year would begin from the month of August. Here are the other decision taken in the…

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TikTok, the short-video sharing application, has launched an Urdu version of its Safety Center in Pakistan. The Urdu version of Safety Center contains policies, tools, and resources to educate users with the platform and a wide range of protection measures while using TikTok. It also aims to enable parents and guardians to view the safety ecosystem of the platform through a number of videos on how the application approaches safety, community guidelines, and resources available to them. Here is what TikTok’s Safety Center has to offer for its Urdu speaking audience: Guides Well-being guideNew user guideGuardian’s guideApproach to safety Safety…

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