Shafqat Mehmood tests positive for coronavirus
Pakistan
Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood says he is fine with mild symptoms .
ISLAMABD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood announced Tuesday he has tested positive for coronavirus.
In a tweet, the minister revealed he was feeling fine with mild symptoms. InshAllah will get well soon, he added.
According to
Geo News, the federal minister had taken part in an event earlier in the day before he tested positive for the virus. PM Imran Khan s special assistant Usman Dar was also present at the event, along with others.
Sources said the minister had gotten himself tested for the virus earlier after feeling mild symptoms.
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Inadequate policies leave CAIE students in the lurch
With not many options, thousands of O Level students fear they might have to waste an academic year
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KARACHI:
With enrolments surpassing over 50,000 O and A level students across various educational institutions, Pakistan remains one of the highest revenue-making countries for Cambridge Assessment International Education the largest international examination service in the country.
In spite of that however, the Cambridge body has once again put the academic future of thousands of its associated students in jeopardy, with its decision to cancel all examinations in the region without an adequate promotion mechanism. The seemingly ad hoc decision has left the country’s O level students high and dry for a second year in a row, with little option but to waste an academic year and reappear in the October/ November session of examinations.