Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has given a two-month deadline to 12 public universities in Punjab to take up the matter of illegal appointments made during the last 10 years. DawnNewsTV/File
LAHORE: Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has given a two-month deadline to 12 public universities in Punjab to take up the matter of illegal appointments made during the last 10 years and report to him about them after fixing responsibility.
The governor has forwarded the report of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab that detected over 4,500 illegal appointments in the universities.
The governor, who is also the chancellor of the public sector universities, directed the VCs to take the matter to their syndicates to ‘investigate and fix responsibility’.
Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has given a two-month deadline to 12 public universities in Punjab to take up the matter of illegal appointments made during the last 10 years. DawnNewsTV/File
LAHORE: Governor Chaudhry Sarwar has given a two-month deadline to 12 public universities in Punjab to take up the matter of illegal appointments made during the last 10 years and report to him about them after fixing responsibility.
The governor has forwarded the report of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab that detected over 4,500 illegal appointments in the universities.
The governor, who is also the chancellor of the public sector universities, directed the VCs to take the matter to their syndicates to ‘investigate and fix responsibility’.
Over Rs20m power saving project installed at LGH
Lahore
January 13, 2021
LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Energy Dr Akhtar Malik inaugurated completed Naya Punjab Retrofitting Project in Lahore General Hospital (LGH) here Tuesday.
“The project cost is Rs20.622 million and it will save annual electricity of worth Rs17.04 million. Around 5,061 lights and 1,305 fans have been retrofitted with energy efficient appliances,” the minister said while inaugurating the Electricity Saving Programme at the hospital.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Akhtar Malik said that there were over 95,000 public connections and the Punjab government was paying a whopping Rs37 billion as electricity bill. He said his target was to convert all public sector connections to solar to lower the financial burden on public exchequer. Dr Akhtar said that in the first phase Retrofitting of Islamia University Bahawalpur, Nishtar Hospital, Multan, Government College University Lahore and General Hospital was completed
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has detected over 4,500 illegal appointments in 12 public sector universities in Punjab made during the last 10 years. Creative Commons/File
LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has detected over 4,500 illegal appointments in 12 public sector universities in Punjab made during the last 10 years or so and recommended to the governor/chancellor to take ‘strict legal action’ against those involved in this crime.
In a report submitted to the chancellor, the ACE declared 4,554 illegal appointments (from BPS-1 to 16, and BS-17 and above), saying these were made without advertising vacancies, against the rules and service laws with a financial impact of Rs6061 million.
Mental Health Week observed at GCU
Lahore
December 24, 2020
LAHORE:The annual Mental Health Week (MHW) celebrations were held at the Government College University Lahore under the auspices of Dr Muhammad Ajmal Psychological Society and Psychology Department on the theme of “Ageing: Challenges and Management.” The mental health week consisted of online poster competition and a webinar on “Dementia” by Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi Vice-Chancellor GC University, Lahore.
Addressing the webinar, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Ashgar Zaidi reflected upon the stigmas and perceptions associated with dementia, especially the concerns of the caregivers. He noted that the greatest stress is generated for patients with mild dementia about their inabilities in performing religious obligations. Dr Zaidi stressed upon the need for indigenous social science research on dementia.