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Quaid-i-Azam University registrar appointment creates doubts
Appointment creates doubts, VC defends decision
Islamabad, April 10, 2008: Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Vice Chancellor Dr. Qasim Jan has
allegedly appointed the registrar without following proper
procedure.
Sources said that Dr. Aurangzeb Hasan has been
appointed as the QAU registrar. This post was neither advertised in newspapers
nor other formalities were followed, they said.
According to the
notification (No. Estt/2008-469 dated 07-04-2008, Dr. Aurangzeb Hasan would be
entitled to draw pay and allowances equivalent to BPS-20 while the post of the
registrar is of BPS-19. The post could only be upgraded with the approval of the
university's chancellor, President Pervez Musharraf.
Sources told this
scribe that the case was also not placed before the syndicate and not a single
meeting was held regarding the appointment on such a key post. Sources alleged
that the VC had appointed a retired professor of chemistry as the registrar on
the basis of ethnicity. "There are some forty other employees of Pakistan's top
university who have been appointed on the basis of ethnicity by the VC," alleged
sources adding: "The appointment of the registrar is a clear example of
irregularities in the university."
QAU Vice Chancellor Dr. Qasim Jan,
when contacted, said that it would have taken over five months to
induct a registrar through advertisement, therefore, the post was not
advertised. "We cannot run the university without a registrar and cannot wait
for five months for a registrar to take charge in the university," said the
VC.
He said that the new registrar had retired in grade 21 and it was
unfair to offer him the pay scale less than in which he had retired. The
university has not inducted him in grade 20 but he would draw pay equivalent to
grade 20 as a contractual employee. "Normally contractual employees are inducted
on high pays because they do not enjoy any post-retirement benefits," said the
VC. He also said, "The induction of Aurangzeb Hassan as registrar was done by
using special powers as the university badly needed a registrar."
The VC
said that the case of the newly appointed registrar would soon be presented
before the syndicate of the university and he would accept the decision of the
syndicate open-heartedly. To a question, the VC replied that he would call a
meeting of the university's syndicate within a month. The News
PhD thesis defence at NUST
Rawalpindi: The doctoral defence of Muhammad Almas Anjum was held here at the Computer
Engineering Department of College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering,
NUST. A large number of academicians, senior professionals attended the defence
from various organisations, faculty members of College of E&ME and
postgraduate students while NUST Rector Lt Gen Muhammad Asghar was the chief
guest. The student presented his research work titled 'Improved Face Recognition
using Image Resolution Reduction and Optimisation of Feature Vector' while
providing essential details of the design and implementation of face recognition
systems. The News
Art exhibition at UAAR
Rawalpindi: Art Exhibition and
Dramatic Club of the University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi (UAAR) on
Wednesday organised an art exhibition and competition of recreational
activities, said a press release.
The exhibition was part of Students'
Annual Week, starting from April 7 to 12. The competition was held under the
auspices of Directorate of Students Affairs in which Rana Junaid got the first
and Rana Usman the second prize.
UAAR Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Khalid
Mahmood Khan was the chief guest on the occasion. He said sports and other
extra-curricular activities helped develop academic ability and confidence in
students.
In the Art Exhibition, 16 students participated. Ikhlaq Ahmad
secured the first and Saira Sultan the secured prize. Daily Times
Rootsians depict art through ages
Wah: Roots Thematic Montessori and Junior School held its first annual art
exhibition on the theme 'Art Through Ages' here at its Wah campus, which was
inaugurated by Roots School System Director Walid Mushtaq.
The Play
Group was assigned cave art, known as 'Palaeolithic Art' created during the
Upper Palaeolithic period (40,000-10,000 BC). Students were dressed up in skirts
with feather headgears and their classes were turned into caves, truly depicting
the Stone Age. They presented their art through paintings and engravings of
animals, sun, moon and faces on rocks, floors and walls.
The 'Egyptian
Art' was depicted by Junior Montessori through their artwork. Children were
dressed in robes with white 'shalwars', carrying their swords. Girls wore robes
and blouses with crowns. All children informed their parents about pyramids and
the script of that era, which is known as 'hieroglyphics', briefing that temples
were the homes of the gods and every temple was dedicated to a god or goddess
who was worshipped there by the temple priests. Temple buildings in the New
Kingdom were made of stone and their walls were covered with coloured scenes
carved onto the stone, showing the Pharaoh fighting in battles and performing
rituals with the gods, they added.
The third era was 'Impressionism',
which was depicted through art by Advance Montessori. Girls were dressed in
short ballad frocks while boys wore blue trousers with shirts, holding masks to
cover their faces. The term 'Impressionism' refers to the impression that is
stamped on the senses by a visual experience that is both fleeting and
transitory and is associated with a particular moment in time. Impressionist
paintings incorporate the use of a variety of brush strokes and bright colours,
allowing the artist to be responsive to both the material character and texture
of the object in nature. Students' paintings showed facemasks hanging from the
ceilings on a dark coloured background and the artwork included free bright
strokes in dawn time scenes of the seashore showing people sitting in a
boat.
'Classicism' was presented by Class 1 with the focus on the works
of masters such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Carravagio and Goya, who
inspired a generation of concept artists working in the creative industry today.
Students painted natural scenes like forests, flowers, etc on walls and chart
papers.
The fifth era was selected by Class 2 students i.e the 'Modern
Art' that depicted the time period of Sadeqain (1930-1987), who was one of the
most imaginative artists of his time. Students made murals, sculptures and mud
items for showing the artists of modern times who enjoy greater freedom of
expression.
Painting, through ages, has been the preferred mode of
expression for mankind. The history of art attempts an objective survey
throughout human history, classifying cultures and periods and noting their
distinguishing features and influences. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 09 Feb, 2012 |
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