CIE offers free resit after paper leak

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) has announced that students affected by the leak of three A-level exam papers during the May/June 2025 session will be eligible for a free resit in the upcoming November series. The decision comes amid growing concerns from students, parents, and officials after the examination board confirmed last month that … Read more

Cambridge offers free November resits after A-Level exam papers leak

[ad_1] Cambridge International Education (CIE) has announced that students who appeared for any of the three leaked exam papers during the June 2025 series will be offered free resits in the November 2025 session. The leaked papers include AS & A Level Mathematics Paper 12, AS & A Level Mathematics Paper 42 and AS & A … Read more

Budget, free market and democracy

[ad_1] Listen to article ISLAMABAD: I have been advocating ideas and policies for free enterprise, open trade, limited government and low tax rates in these columns. These institutions are pillars of prosperity. This budget has brought good news on some of these fronts. To begin with, import tariffs and taxes are coming down. The government has decided … Read more

No more free treatment via health card

[ad_1] RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Health Initiative Management Committee has officially ended free treatment under the health card programme across all public hospitals in the province, including Rawalpindi, effective from July 1, 2025. A formal circular notification has been issued to this effect. The provincial health department has directed medical superintendents of public hospitals, district health … Read more

CJP unveils free legal aid drive

[ad_1] LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi, accompanied by Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, visited the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday. The chief justice announced carrying out the feasibility of a Facilitation Centre at the Supreme Court Branch Registry, Lahore. The CJP also announced that, under the auspices of … Read more

NA panel suggests free Cambridge resits

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Subcommittee on Education has recommended that students affected by the Cambridge paper leak be given the option to resit the compromised exams during the October/November 2025 session without having to pay any additional fee. The recommendation came following a meeting between the subcommittee and Cambridge International Education on Monday, where … Read more

Pro-Palestinian activist set free on US judge’s orders

[ad_1] A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to release Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who became a leader of pro-Palestinian campus protests, reported AFP. Khalil, a legal permanent US resident who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, has been in custody since March facing potential deportation. … Read more