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’.
‘Govt ensuring transparency in uplift projects’
The commissioner reviewed the ongoing uplift projects at the varsity
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January 03, 2021
MULTAN:
Multan Division Commissioner Javed Akhtar Mahmood said that Punjab government wants transparency in construction of uplift projects. “Third party audit of all projects will be done.”
He expressed these views during his visit to Women University Multan (WUM), Mati Tal Road campus on Saturday.
He directed to portray the beauty of regional culture in construction of new block and maximum tree-plantation at the varsity. Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar had given task to the Multan commissioner for completion of mega uplift projects.
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.