Pakistan

Experts warn foreign species may harm local ecosystems despite rapid urban greening benefits

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Family stages road protest, demands arrest of suspects

Officials expect strong yield as procurement policy announcement nears

Education Department orders public, private schools to remain closed until March 31

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Features works by 40 young Pakistani artists that explore Japanese culture

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Prosecution fails to produce any witnesses; only Rs2,000 recovered during probe

Business activity picks up after Eid shopping ends

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Court awards 100 years' imprisonment, Rs18 million fine

Families flee Shewa amid violence; bridge blast deepens security crisis

Streetlight outages spark safety fears as stray dog attacks rise across city

Radio Pakistan was founded in March 1935, with initial broadcasts starting from Civil Secretariat

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has said that as many as 10 universities have been offering unrecognised postgraduate degrees, directing these institutes to discontinue their programmes. A notification issued by the Council’s registrar, available with Dawn, said, that after a careful review of the record, it was identified that some universities had been offering and awarding postgraduate degrees and diplomas to MBBS and BDS doctors without fulfilling the mandatory requirement of recognition/accreditation under Section 25 of the PMDC Act, 2022. These universities included TIMES University in Multan, NUR International University in Lahore, Gomal University in DI Khan, Sohail University in Karachi, Shah Abdul Latif University in Khairpur, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology in Rahim Yar Khan, University of Faisalabad, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Hazara University in Mansehra and Kohat University of Science and Technology. “Any institution seekin...

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