December 01, 2008	Monday	Zilhaj 2, 1429

KARACHI, Nov 30: The University of Karachi on Sunday announced postponement of the papers of semester examinations; the BA, BSc and BCom (regular); and the MBBS (professional part-A) which were scheduled to be held on Monday (Dec 1).

Controller of examinations Prof Maqsood Hussain said in a statement that the new date for these papers would be announced later.

Meanwhile, the university has extended the last date for the submission of LLM admissions in its affiliated law colleges to Dec 3 with a late fee of Rs1,000.

Chemistry club

The National Core Group in Chemistry (NCGC) has established the “Systemic Approach to Teaching and Learning Chemistry Club (SATLC Club) at the Karachi University with an initial funding of Rs50,000 to promote chemical sciences in the country.

This was stated by Prof Mohammad Iqbal Chaudhary, Director of KU’s International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) while speaking at the concluding ceremony of a 10-day international workshop on SATLC.

The workshop was jointly organised by the ICCBS, NCGC and Higher Education Commission (HEC). Over 70 teaching personnel from across the country attended the workshop where experts from USA, Germany, Italy, Jordan and Egypt, besides Pakistan, imparted training.—APP/PPI