The Punjab University has decided to give 80 kanals of its land to the federal government’s National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) against a sum of Rs 640 million, drawing a severe backlash from the varsity academic staff.
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The Punjab government has initiated the process of appointment of vice chancellors at public universities in the province, beginning with Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) advertising a request for applications for the vacant post of University of Sahiwal VC.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has forwarded a case of irregularities during the tenure of former Punjab University Provisional vice chancellor Dr Zafar Moeen Nasir to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) for appropriate action.
Harassment and marginalisation of women is a touchy topic in Pakistan, let alone the country’s academic circles. We discover how two young students are taking the issue head on.
QS World University Rankings has published its subject-wise rankings for 2018, with five Pakistani institutes, including NUST, COMSATS among top 500 universities in the world for studies related to engineering and technology.
Several public universities in Punjab are being run by temporary vice chancellors, who in turn have put in place a make-do system of ad-hoc appointees.
A number of public universities in Punjab have been marred by administrative crisis due to the absence of permanent vice chancellors to run the affairs of some of the most important higher education institutes in the province. Some of the institutes have been running without a permanent head for almost three years now.
Though not many university applicants in Pakistan realize it, universities and their degree programs are routinely evaluated on the basis of several qualitative and quantitative measures the institutes have put in place for able dispensation of their noble services. Accreditations of programs from HEC-approved independent evaluators are important not only to the survival of universities but are also extremely crucial for the studies and careers of many gullible students who continue falling into the hands of charlatans posing as educators.
The Punjab government has made progress in the appointment process of vice chancellors at four public sector universities of the province following Supreme Court chief justice’s displeasure over universities being run without regular vice chancellors.
A violent clash between members of two students bodies at Punjab University left dozens injured on Monday, forcing the university administration to call in law enforcement agencies to put things in order.
The recent alarm bells over rising extremism and intolerance among university students look set to be answered as public universities across Punjab have devised a plan to promote students’ interaction that will lead to peace and harmony among the youth enrolled at leading educational institutions.