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HEC Cuts Down Public Universities’ Non-Developmental Grants

The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) has decided to decrease the non-developmental grants allocated to public universities by 10 percent, while banning the ‘procurement of assets and freezing the appointments of non-teaching staff’.

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NA Standing Committee Briefed On HEC’s Future Plans, Challenges

The universities will suffer if the indicated budgetary cuts were executed, said Dr Tariq Banuri, Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) while briefing HEC’s future plans to the  National Assembly’s Standing Committee in a meeting on Monday.