MDCAT paper was not leaked, Dow University tells high court
The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) administration has told the Sindh High Court (SHC) that it has no evidence with regard to leakage of question paper of the Medical…
New technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit Amazon gold trade
Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil’s Amazon to the United States,…
Rethink the university
The concept of a university in Pakistan has long been misunderstood and misapplied, reduced to a model that prioritises physical expansion and quantity over quality. Across the country, university leadership…
Xi’s corruption crackdown targets embattled finance sector
Xi Jinping’s crackdown on official corruption has ripped through a secretive missile force, the Communist Party elite, the national football team, and now risks hammering a finance industry already grappling…
Riphah University invites applications for admission
The Riphah International University has invited applications for admission to Spring 2024 programmes at its Faisalabad Campus. A spokesman for the university said here on Wednesday that admissions were being…
Pakistan’s university bonanza
On the first day of August, a mere thirteen days before the previous coalition government’s curtain call in the National Assembly, a twist unfolded. Thirteen private member bills took centre-stage,…
Sindh to re-conduct MDCAT through Dow varsity
Without disclosing the findings of an eagerly awaited inquiry report on an alleged examination paper leak, the Sindh government announced on Tuesday that the controversial Medical and Dental College Admission Test…
Internationalizing a university
I recently had the opportunity to visit Incheon in South Korea’s greater Seoul area. I spent time at the Incheon Global Campus, a global education hub hosting overseas campuses of…
