Shabbir Iqbal. in fine touch once again.
KARACHI: Mohammad Munir and Shabbir Iqbal claimed the first-round lead at the Sindh Open Golf Championship, the duo firing 67 each here at the Arabian Sea Country Club on Friday.
That gave them a one-shot lead over Taimoor Khan and Khalid Khan and a two-stroke advantage over a group of three golfers including defending champion Ahmed Baig, Talat Ijaz and Mohammad Khalid.
“I’m happy with my showing overall even if I feel my putting wasn’t that good in the end,” Ahmed, who hit five birdies, told
Dawn.
Munir started off with a bogey but then reeled off four successive birdies at the end of the front nine. He had another bogey on the 13th but then hit back with birdies on the 15th, 16th and 18th holes to grab a share of the lead.
Private students fear denial of higher education
Only regular candidates eligible for BS degree
LAHORE:
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s new policy to discontinue the two-year bachelor’s and master’s programmes has created uncertainty for the private students who are not allowed to get admission for the four-year BS degrees.
A large number of people who appeared in the exams as private candidates, including those intending to continue studies along with jobs in various fields, will be affected by the decision to abolish the BA, BSc, MA and MSc degree programmes. The commission has advised the students and parents to avoid admission in the public or private colleges or institutions claiming to offer two-year bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes.
National
January 15, 2021
TAKHTBHAI: Mardan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president and provincial general secretary of the Tanzim-e-Tajiraan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Zahir Shah, has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to create a business-friendly environment for the traders and businessmen in the province.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of office of the Markazi Anjuman-e-Tajiraan, Takhtbhai, and later talking to media, the traders’ leader said that over a decade-long terrorism, militancy and now the Covid-19 pandemic had destroyed businesses and crippled the businessmen.
Markazi Anjuman-e-Tajiraan president Muhammad Tariq Khan, Guldad Khan, Qazi Muhammad Javed, Bkhtiar Khan, Khalid Khan, Sher Mama and others were also present on the occasion. He said that most of the traders and businessmen even lost their capital due to the years-long terrorism, flawed policies of successive governments and now the coronavirus outbreak.
Peshawar
January 15, 2021
TAKHTBHAI: Mardan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) president and provincial general secretary of the Tanzim-e-Tajiraan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Zahir Shah, has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to create a business-friendly environment for the traders and businessmen in the province.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of office of the Markazi Anjuman-e-Tajiraan, Takhtbhai, and later talking to media, the traders’ leader said that over a decade-long terrorism, militancy and now the Covid-19 pandemic had destroyed businesses and crippled the businessmen.
Markazi Anjuman-e-Tajiraan president Muhammad Tariq Khan, Guldad Khan, Qazi Muhammad Javed, Bkhtiar Khan, Khalid Khan, Sher Mama and others were also present on the occasion.
The only hurdle in importing the Covid-19 vaccine from Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm will be removed soon with its Phase-I trial in Karachi reaching the final stage. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: As the novel coronavirus continues to claim dozens of lives a day in Pakistan, the only hurdle in importing the Covid-19 vaccine from Chinese state-owned company Sinopharm will be removed soon with its Phase-I trial in Karachi reaching the final stage, it emerged on Tuesday.
In a separate development, the federal government has decided to implement the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance in three major hospitals of Sindh and one major hospital of Punjab after it had been introduced in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), Islamabad, where employees have been protesting against the move for past several weeks.