Educational scholarship scheme for children of Punjab police employees

LAHORE: Inspector-general police Punjab Shaukat Javed said that new opportunities of higher education for children of police officers and employees would be available by the implementation of the educational scholarship scheme. He said this, at a meeting in Lahore, regarding the educational scholarship scheme for the children of police employees.Shaukat Javed said that one hundred per cent educational expenses would be reimbursed from the Police Welfare Fund for higher education and in all educational institutes including those approved by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council and it would be given to those children of the police staff in current service, retired or deceased employees who fulfill the requirement of merit.

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Eastday-13 militants killed in Pakistan’s tribal region (Eastday.com)

Pakistan’s security forces killed at least 13 militants in northwestern Pakistan’s tribal region, said local television on Sunday. The militant were killed in clashes with the security forces in Lakro Sandokhel area of Mohmand tribal agency, private Geo TV channel said.

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Pakistan: Destroyed girls’ schools to reopen soon (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Pakistan will push to quickly reopen girls’ schools destroyed by Islamic militants in the country’s lawless northwest, the information minister said.

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Pakistan Vows to Open Girls’ Schools, Ignoring Taliban Threat (Bloomberg)

Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan will open girls’ schools and protect female students in the north , the government said, after attacks on schools and threats by Taliban fighters to target girls attending classes.

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Destroyed girls’ schools in Pakistan are to reopen soon (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan will push to quickly reopen girls’ schools destroyed by Islamic militants in the country’s lawless northwest.

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SL captain plays down Mendis hype

KARACHI: Sri Lanka may have struggled against minnows Bangladesh in a tri-series held earlier this month but they have landed in Pakistan in a positiv

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Pakistan consider neutral venues (FOXSPORTS.com.au)

NEUTRAL venues are being considered to host Australia’s one-day series against Pakistan in April.

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Pakistan vows to keep schools open despite threats (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Pakistan will keep schools open in the troubled north-western Swat valley despite a ban on girls issued by the local Taliban, a minister pledged.

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Police fail to check street crime

LAHORESTREET crimes have surged by 18 per cent this week as four persons were killed and 11 others were injured on resisting robbers in the pr

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Qureshi to brief envoys on post-Mumbai situation

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will brief nearly 80 foreign ambassadors and high commissioners on how Pakistan has handled the situa

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