Some tricky calculations and you are left with no school days!!! There are 365 days in a year: 1. Sunday is a holiday and there are 52 sundays = 313 days left 2.Summer holidays = 50 which leaves 263 days 3.Eight hours of sleep every night = 122 days which leaves 141 days 4.One hour of play every day =15 days which leaves 126 days 5.Two hours daily for the meals = 20 days which leaves 96 days 6.One hour of communicating and socializing = 15 days ... Read More

LOS ANGELES: Pakistani filmmaker and first-time Oscar nominee Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won an Academy Award on Monday for her documentary about acid attack victims, a first for a Pakistani. In her acceptance speech, Chinoy dedicated the award to the women of Pakistan. "All the women in Pakistan working for change, don't give up on your dreams, this is for you," she said. Directed by Daniel Junge and produced by Sharmeen Chinoy, the film follows British plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad, who returns to ... Read More

I have enjoyed reading Yasir Pirzada's column whenever I got a chance because "you" comes in the middle of the week which means a roller coaster ride for me. Being a working mom of four kids, working days pass by without giving me moment of respite. I would like share his 'Branded Pakistan' with you .... I could not stop laughing at his narration of some of the ads. On a serious note, Mr Yasir! in a  country of 170 million ... Read More

LAHORE: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday revealed the first-ever national academic ranking of universities, with Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad leading and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) landing at the 10th position in the overall list. The ranking model has been developed by HEC’s Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) through stakeholder participation. The ranking is based on the number of students, research productivity and quality, innovation and knowledge transfer, infrastructure, annual graduate output, international collaborations, student satisfaction and financial health of the ... Read More