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The first batch of 25 international students graduated from Dow International Medical College on Thursday evening. Surrounded by their professors and the vice-chancellor, the students took the Hippocratic oath during the ceremony organized at the Governor’s House. PHOTO COURTESY: ARIF HUSSAIN LAHORE: An unusual drop in admissions to private medical and dental colleges has highlighted […]

Jacob Lines Examination Center of Higher Secondary School for Girls in Karachi. PHOTO: JALAL QURESHI/FILE KARACHI: The third day of the annual matriculation exams was also marred by serious management problems, allegations of cheating and poor facilities, while another case was also recorded regarding an exam center alleged “paid cheating”. Under the aegis of the

The ‘joint declaration’ alert came as both sides made significant progress in negotiations US Vice President JD Vance meets Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of the 2026 Islamabad talks. ISLAMABAD: Local and international journalists were exhausted outside the media center set up just steps from the Serena Hotel, where senior Iranian and American officials had

Rally aims to show PTI founder can mobilize large-scale political activity, says Afridi Imran Khan, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: On the orders of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government plans to organize what its Chief Minister Sohail Afridi calls a “major public rally” in Mardan next Sunday to show

LAHORE: The Standing Committee on Local Government and Community Development of the Punjab Assembly has taken a significant step by setting the minimum legal age of marriage for boys and girls across the province at 18 years, abolishing the earlier provision which allowed girls to marry at the age of 16. The committee unanimously approved

Lawyer and activist Imaan Mazari, daughter of politician Shireen Mazari. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: Lawyer Imaan Mazari has applied to the Supreme Court to request the suspension of her sentence in a case linked to “anti-state” publications on social networks. The human rights lawyer moved the apex court after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) failed to

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday noted that Pakistan’s cooperation with China presents an important opportunity to modernize infrastructure, strengthen industrial capacity and advance socio-economic development. The President received a detailed briefing on the implementation of the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed during his recent visits to the People’s Republic of China. The briefing,

A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group photo with foreign ministers and representatives of the United States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear negotiations at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, July 14, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is engaged in