HYDERABAD, April 15: The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) has introduced the semester system from academic session 2007-2008, giving it a lead over other public sector medical universities of the country.

Director Academic LUMHS Prof Azam Yousufani disclosed this during a meeting with Vice- Chancellor Prof Dr. Naushad Ahmed Shaikh at his office on Tuesday.

Under this system, he said 75 per cent attendance of students would be essential and no examination form would be accepted if the students failed to complete the required attendance.—APP

Opinion

Editorial

Wheat price crash
Updated 20 May, 2024

Wheat price crash

What the government has done to Punjab’s smallholder wheat growers by staying out of the market amid crashing prices is deplorable.
Afghan corruption
20 May, 2024

Afghan corruption

AMONGST the reasons that the Afghan Taliban marched into Kabul in August 2021 without any resistance to speak of ...
Volleyball triumph
20 May, 2024

Volleyball triumph

IN the last week, while Pakistan’s cricket team savoured a come-from-behind T20 series victory against Ireland,...
Border clashes
19 May, 2024

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Penalising the dutiful
19 May, 2024

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Students in Kyrgyzstan
Updated 19 May, 2024

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.