The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has launched two iPhone and iPad applications for its students and accountancy professionals, according to a press release. The ‘Student Planner’ and ‘Research and Insights’ apps will help students and accountancy professionals access relevant information about key accounting issues. “These apps have been designed to make it […]
Chess Gul will be the youngest participant to represent Pakistan in the tournament. Gul- who has been playing chess since the age of six- recently came in the limelight after securing positions in chess championships at provincial and national levels. A student of the Lahore Garrison School in Township, Gul won […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Television is set to make a second part of its popular mid-1990s drama serial for children ‘Ainak-wala jin’ The series was hugely popular among local audiences during the three years of its airing (1993-1996). “We will start the series from where the first part ended. The drama series is being started again to […]
LAHORE: The International Vulture Awareness Day was observed in the metropolis on Saturday, with the day’s theme being creating awareness regarding environmental importance of vultures in world, especially the Pakistan’s white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis). An event in this regard was organised by the World Wide Fund (WWF)-Pakistan at the Lahore Zoo, which was attended by […]
ISLAMABAD: The NGO Mehergarh will arrange a “Youth Sufi Singing Contest” today at Lok Virsa. The programme will be arranged through collaboration between Mehergarh, Lok Virsa and PTV. Besides Sufi singing competition, a web-based resource centre on Sufism and a documentary on spiritual heritage of Pakistan will also be launched on the occasion. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\09\02\story_2-9-2012_pg11_4
KARACHI: University of Karachi announced the result for BA-II and both parts of external annual examination 2011 here on Saturday. As per the statistics, 9,756 candidates were registered for the examination, out of which 9,166 appeared, 560 passed in 1st division, 2,554 in 2nd division and 53 passed in 3rd division. The pass percentage remained […]
ISLAMABAD: Organisation of an international sports event in Pakistan may sound like a dream but it is true. The 2nd Asian Squash Championship will be staged in Lahore in the second week of September. This event was originally allocated to the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) who have requested the Punjab Squash Association (PSA) headed by […]