CM aide says discontinuation of programmes will affect students from low-income backgrounds the most Adviser to the Sindh chief minister on universities and boards Nisar Khuhro announced on Wednesday that varsities in the province would continue to offer two-year undergraduate programmes, slamming the federal Higher Education Commission's decision to discontinue the programmes. Earlier, the HEC had announced the ending of two-year undergraduate programmes, replacing them with semester-based four-year degree programmes. The HEC would not be recognising any two-year Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) degrees awarded after 2018. Addressing a press conference along with Professor Shah Ali Alqadir of Karachi University Teachers Society, University of Karachi (KU) syndicate member Prof SM Taha and Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association representative Prof Yaqoob Chandio, Khuhro dubbed the HEC's decision an "attack on provincial sovereignty."