Day: September 27, 2021

Punjab Minister for School Education, Dr. Murad Raas announced on Monday that all public and private schools in Lahore will be closed on Tuesday, 28 September on account of the annual Urs (death anniversary) of Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh (R.A).

“All public and private schools of Lahore to remain closed tomorrow 28th September 2021 for the Annual Urs Mubarak of Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh. This is only for Lahore,” the minister said on Twitter.

He also shared a notification issued in this regard, which says that the decision is applicable for schools in Lahore, including District and Tehsil education offices. The educational institutions in the rest of the districts will remain open as usual, barring the Rawalpindi district where schools are closed due to the processions of Chehlum.

Provincial Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs, Saeedul Hasan Shah inaugurated the three-day celebrations of the 978th annual Urs of Hazrat Ali bin Usman Hajveri popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh on Sunday.

Every year, thousands of devotees from all parts of the country come to celebrate the Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh in Lahore. They light candles and pay homage to one of the great Sufi scholars of South Asia.

Source: Pro Pakistani

The Punjab government has decided to introduce a ‘Chip Designing Tools’ project in all universities of the province under public-private partnership.

In this regard, Higher Education Department (HED) Punjab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with relevant stakeholders.

On Sunday, the provincial Higher Education Minister, Raja Yasir Humayun, called on Chief Minister Punjab, Sardar Usman Buzdar, to brief him about the project.

The Minister said that the Chip Designing Tools project will not only revolutionize the provincial IT sector but also generate employment opportunities in the province.

CM Punjab directed the minister to ensure every student in all universities across the province benefits from the initiative as access to top-quality higher education is the right of every student.

Besides, the minister informed the CM that 75 new colleges have been established, and 86 more colleges are under development in the province while 590 colleges have been upgraded to Associate Degree institutions and 201 colleges have been upgraded to BS four-year level.

He added that scholarships worth Rs. 834 million have been awarded to deserving students under the Rahmatul-lil-Alameen Scholarship Program.

Source: Pro Pakistani