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National April 4, 2021 LAHORE: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif Saturday said the youth of the former FATA were standing before the Governor House demanding education. In a tweet, she said ‘the selected’ had announced to turn the Governor House into a university but today the FATA students were standing out and demanding their right to education. Maryam said the PML-N had given right of education to the youths of FATA and made them realize that this country also belonged to them. “Why are you increasing their sense of deprivation?” she questioned. ....
Image: Netflix Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, March 17. All times are Eastern. Advertisement Top picks Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal (Netflix, 3:01 a.m.): “Chris Smith’s Netflix documentary Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal re-frames the story in unexpected ways. While it doesn’t let the Huffmans and the Loughlins of this whole sordid saga off the hook, the movie does suggest there’s more to be upset about here than just the coddling of some undeserving rich kids.” Read Noel Murray’s full review of the documentary. The Pole (Syfy, 11:16 p.m., season premiere): The new Syfy animated comedy ....
Mardan varsity students protest killing of fellow Peshawar March 17, 2021 MARDAN: Dozens of students from Abdul Wali Khan University staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against the killing of a student of the Political Science Department. The protesting students had gathered outside the Mardan Press Club to protest against the killing of a 6th semester student of the Political Science Department. The students urged the government to arrest the accused forthwith. The protest rally was led by the 6th semester students of the Political Science Department, including Tariq Jamil, Mohammad Kashif, Muzaffar Shah, Abbas Khan, Saeed Khan and Hamza Nagyal. Speaking on the occasion, the protesters said that unidentified gunmen shot dead Owais on 12 March at 9pm he was walking along with two other fellows at Maqam Chowk. ....
Varsity expels students whose video went viral National March 13, 2021 LAHORE: The University of Lahore (UoL) administration on Friday expelled the students whose video went viral on social media. In the video, the boy and girl students could be seen proposing for marriage with a large number of fellow students standing around and cheering the students. After the viral video attracted widespread reaction, the UoL administration formed a special disciplinary committee which held its meeting on Friday. The committee decided to expel the students for “violating the university’s rules and regulations and serious infraction of the code of conduct.” Furthermore, as per Section 16 of General Discipline Rules and Code of Conduct on the Campus, the students have been debarred from entering the premises of the University of Lahore and all its sub-campuses. ....
Top Story March 13, 2021 SOHAWA: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said education is vital for nation’s progress, hoping Al-Qadir University will become a research hub and character-building facility on the golden principles of Islam. Addressing at an interactive session with educationists, Islamic thinkers, scholars and parliamentarians at Al-Qadir University, the prime minister said the research to be carried out at the institution would later be disseminated to educational institutes across the country. Two years ago, he had laid the foundation-stone of the university in name of great sufi saint of Islam, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, with an objective to make the institution a cradle of science and spirituality. ....