ISLAMABAD: After a gap of more than six months, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) finally has a chairman, as Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar (Sitara-i-Imtiaz) assumed office on Friday with what he ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmed Akhtar as the new Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), according to an official notification issued on February 6, 2026.

Blue Owl GP Strategic Capital has claimed first place in the 2025 HEC Paris-Dow Jones Large Buyout Performance Ranking, marking the first time a GP staking firm has led the annual study. The ranking, ...

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has rolled out its centralized ERP system, “Maktab,” in 25 universities, with plans for nationwide expansion. The system digitizes the entire student lifecycle ...

Hydrological data are typically sequential and often correspond to large datasets, and not all application programs allow their retrieval, storage, and manipulation. This technical article aims to ...

Bain Capital agreed to sell its data centers in China to Shenzhen Dongyangguang Industry Co. in a transaction valued at about $4 billion. Shenzhen Dongyangguang, the parent of Shanghai-listed ...

As the world gears up to celebrate Nature Conservation Day this July 28 th, few destinations embody the spirit of responsible tourism like Ras Al Khaimah. Known as the Nature Emirate, it is leading by ...

Home equity contracts promise no payments but demand high end-term paybacks. Federal regulators warn HECs mirror risky loans from the 2008 housing crash. Rising home values and opaque terms raise long ...

Pei Li was born in China and spent his teenage years in Australia, but it was France that really shaped his career. Having studied at university in the country, he went on to work for some of France’s ...

Abstract: The world is facing unavoidable disaster challenges, especially floods in Thailand, these inundations have been becoming increasingly difficult to manage each year. Therefore, a preliminary ...

Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and a candidate for New Jersey governor, appeared in federal court on Thursday, nearly a week after he was charged with trespassing. By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Mark ...