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It is published from six cities – Islamabad, [1] Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad. [2] [3] The newspaper was founded in 1988 by Zahid Malik. [4] The newspaper was first published as an eveninger on 1 November 1988 from Islamabad, making it the first English eveninger to be published from the capital city. Later, it was made ...
To facilitate distance education and to promote information technology, a number of facilitating measures were taken by Atta-ur-Rahman. As of 2020, Pakistan has 85% teledensity with 183 million cellular, 98 million 3G/4G and 101 million broadband subscribers, due to the foundations laid by Atta-ur-Rahman of the IT and telecom industry during ...
When the paper was founded in 1985, there were no prominent journalists based in the area, and its original editor Aziz Siddiqi was neither an ethnic Pukhtoon (the dominant population of Peshawar) nor from a Pukhtoon area. [1] Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Fazle Haq along with several entrepreneurs were engaged in founding the paper. [2 ...
University of Peshawar established. Shahab-e-saqib and Qallandar Urdu-language newspapers begin publication. [20] 1951 - Population: 151,776. [21] 1954 - Khyber Medical College established. 1955 City becomes part of West Pakistan. [2] The Statesman English-language newspaper begins publication. [20] Abasin Arts Society established.
He was also world No.1 for consecutive 10 years from 1988 till 1998. Riaz Afridi, cricketer; Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer; Iftikhar Ahmed, cricketer; Umar Gul, cricketer; Arshad Khan, cricketer; Yasir Hameed, cricketer; Aamir Atlas Khan, Pakistan squash player; Hashim Khan, former British Open squash champion; Jahangir Khan, former World ...
The language of instruction depends on the nature of the institution itself, whether it is an English-medium school or an Urdu-medium school. The City School in Karachi As of 2009, Pakistan faces a net primary school attendance rate for both sexes of 66%, a figure below estimated world average of 90 per cent.
In 1950, the University of Peshawar was founded as an offshoot of Islamia College Peshawar, with the later being associated to the university as a constituent college. [5] Initially established as Islamia College, it was granted university status by the Government of Pakistan in 2008; the word college is retained in its title for preserving its ...
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of the Dawn newspaper. Dawn began as a weekly publication, based in New Delhi. [1] Under the instruction of Jinnah, it became the official organ of the All India Muslim League in Delhi, and the sole voice of the Muslims League in the English language, reflecting and espousing the cause of Pakistan's creation.