For decades, Pakistani parents believed in a simple promise: educate your children and their future will be better than yours. It was the foundation of the middle-class dream. Parents sacrificed their comfort, delayed their own wishes, sold assets, worked extra hours and spent a major part of their earnings because education was considered the safest […]
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Degrees Without Demand
Imagine spending sixteen years in classrooms, surviving examinations, earning a university degree, and dreaming of a better future to only discover that the economy has no place for you. This is the reality confronting thousands of young Pakistanis today. As Peter Drucker famously observed, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” […]
Degrees, Dreams & Dead Ends
In a modest household somewhere in Lahore, a young graduate wakes up not to opportunity, but to uncertainty. His degree, framed proudly on the wall, once symbolised hope-not just for him, but for his entire family. Years of tuition fees, sleepless nights, and parental sacrifices were invested in that piece of paper. Today, it hangs […]
Degrees awarded to 2897 students at 18th convocation of LCWU
The Lahore College for Women University awarded degrees to 2897 students at its 18th convocation for the batch 2022. The ceremony witnessed the award of degrees to all graduating students, robs to PhD graduates, presentation of the awards and medals to high-performing students. Degrees were awarded to female students of different faculties in two separate […]
Caps & Gowns: 59,797 graduates awarded degrees at Sargodha University’s 9th convocation
The University of Sargodha (UoS) awarded degrees to 59,797 students during its 9th convocation held at cricket ground, main campus, on Thursday. The ceremony was significant as it marked the graduation of 62 percent girl students out of the total student population. Chinese Consul General in Lahore H.E Zhao Shiren was the guest of honor […]
University of Sargodha awards degrees to over 78,000 students
The University of Sargodha conferred degrees on 78,701 students during its 6th convocation held at the main campus here on Thursday. The ceremony was significant as it marked graduation of the 61 per cent girls of the total students. Acting Chinese Ambassador Lijian Zhao was the guest of honour while the Vice Chancellor Dr Ishtiaq […]
Skills over degrees
Sir: Daihatsu, Datsun, Honda, Toyota, Kawasaki, and other famous automobiles are all Japanese brands whereas; Chevrolet, Hyundai, and Daewoo belong to South Korea. Could you imagine how many renowned automobile brands are left? Similarly, when it comes to information technology, all that we hear is Japan and Japanese tech giants along with their South Korean […]