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The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi.
THE appointments of several public-sector vice chancellors are being challenged in court. Recent examples include the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Women University Swabi, the University of Karachi and the Federal Urdu University. Not too long ago, Dr Asim Hussain, chairman of the Sindh Higher Education Commission, said that unfit people were being appointed as VCs in Sindh’s public universities. In a letter to the chief minister, he raised serious concern about the capacity and moral fitness of such academics to lead universities.
The competition to head universities is intense and ugly, with many senior faculty members aspiring to the post. The perks and privileges, social status, high visibility in ceremonial events, frequent interaction with public functionaries as well as foreign travel beckon academics in this direction. Whenever an advertisement for a VC post is announced, hundreds of applications are filed. Whi
NAB put on notice over Sharjeel Memon’s plea for permission to travel aboard
July 24, 2021
The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the special prosecutor of the National Accountability Bureau and a federal law officer on a petition filed by Pakistan Peoples Party MPA and former information minister Sharjeel Memon seeking permission to travel abroad.
Sharjeel, who has been facing two NAB references pertaining to charges of Rs5.78 billion advertisement corruption and accumulation of Rs2.43 billion assets beyond known sources of income but is on bail in these cases, approached court for permission to travel aboard from time to time.
Prof Shahid Rasool made JSMU acting VC
July 20, 2021
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has appointed an eminent surgeon and pro-vice chancellor of the Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU), Karachi, Prof Shahid Rasool, as acting vice chancellor of the varsity till further orders, says a notification.
According to the notification issued by the Universities and Boards Department of the government, the notification for the appointment of Prof Dr Amjad Siraj Memon as JSMC vice chancellor has been suspended till a decision is given by the SHC.
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