Kashif Abbasi

2 weeks ago | dawn.com | Anwar Iqbal |Kashif Abbasi

• Funding cut for UGRAD-Pakistan, which allowed students to spend a semester in US • Applications for 2026 cycle already in; scholars currently in US not getting full stipend • HEC chairman says such students should be allowed to complete their studies WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The Trump administration’s funding freeze on nearly all “non-essential” federal programmes is threatening the long-standing Fulbright scholarship programme — which has given scores of talented Pakistani students the...

1 month ago | dawn.com | Kashif Abbasi |Zahid Hussain

ISLAMABAD: Three federally-chartered universities have been facing severe financial crunch, even finding it difficult to pay salaries and pensions, Dawn has learnt. Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) and the Federal Urdu University of Science and Technology are suffering due to low funding from the Higher Education Commission (HEC).

1 month ago | dawn.com | Kashif Abbasi |Jawed Naqvi

ISLAMABAD: Three major institutes of higher learning — National University of Sciences and Technology (Nust), National University of Technology (NUTECH) and Comsats University — will establish their campuses in Karachi, it emerged on Monday. In a landmark move, Federal Minister for Education, Science and Technology Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has given approval for setting up campuses of Nust, NUTECH, and Comsats University in Karachi.

2 months ago | dawn.com | Kashif Abbasi |Rafia Zakaria

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has suggested to the United Nations (UN) to impose a ‘global environment tax’ on the countries causing pollution. Speaking at a session of the Breathe Pakistan international conference here on Friday, the minister said the money collected through the proposed tax should be used to establish a fund to help the states affected due to the pollution caused mostly by the countries in the global north.

Jan 21, 2025 | dawn.com | Kashif Abbasi |Jawed Naqvi

ISLAMABAD: Zebra crossings have either vanished from city roads or remain barely visible, leaving pedestrians in the federal capital to navigate busy thoroughfares at their peril. The alarming oversight by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has sparked concerns over road safety. “My seven-year-old son is fond of watching TV for cartoon shows. Whenever he sees a zebra crossing, he asks why there were no such signs in our city,” said Qaiser Hussain, a resident of Bhara Kahu.