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BZU Sexual harassment inquiry result | UET entrance test
BZU inquiry declares girls' charges false: Sexual harassment case
Multan, Aug 25, 2008: A two-member sub-committee of the Bahauddin Zakariya
University's syndicate has declared the allegations of sexual harassment by two
psychology department students against their teachers false.
A handout
issued by the BZU Public Relations Officer Mirza Ejaz Bashir said Hafiza Nasira
Saeed and Tanzeela Iram had submitted a complaint to the vice-chancellor on June
13, claiming that when they were caught by the invigilator cheating in the final
examination of Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology on May 23, some
teachers harassed them while searching for any material.
The
vice-chancellor constituted a preliminary inquiry committee, comprising Prof Dr
Humaira Arif Dasti, history department chairman, and girls' hostel warden Dr
Zahida Tasawar, which submitted a report on June 17.
The vice-chancellor,
according to the handout, went through the report and ordered a fresh inquiry by
a high-level committee, chaired by Dr Khwaja Alqama, dean Faculty of Arts
(Social Sciences) on June 18. Its other members were: Dr GR Pasha, dean Faculty
of Science and Agriculture, Dr Sikandar Hayat, dean Faculty of Veterinary
Sciences, and Sahir Khalil, an assistant professor.
They submitted their
inquiry report on June 29 to the vice-chancellor who placed the matter before
the syndicate -- the competent authority to take a final decision.
At the
syndicate's meeting on Aug 16, the report was discussed at length and the
members viewed that the inquiry committee had completed all formalities. They,
however, resolved to afford an opportunity of personal hearing to the
complainants (a statutory demand under section 44 of the Bahauddin Zakariya
University Act, 1974).
The house constituted a sub-committee, comprising
Justice Muhammad Khalid Alvi, a Lahore High Court judge, and Prof Dr GA Miana, a
syndicate member, to afford personal hearing to the complainants and decide the
case on behalf of the syndicate.
Subsequently, the sub-committee met on
Aug 23 and heard the complainants as well as the alleged teachers -- Iram Batool
Awan, Ms Hina Hashmi, Ms Muneeza Manzoor Butt and Ms Saima Afzal.
It
concluded that the allegations levelled by the students were "false and without
any substance".
It, however, observed that the teachers conducting the
examination were required to follow the university rules for dealing with unfair
means cases and should not have gone to the extent of cancellation of paper. It
allowed the two students to appear in the paper afresh.
The students said, contested the committee's decision and said it was meant
to "please a male teacher whose name has not been placed in the
complaint".
They claimed that they had not been given proper hearing and
that they had recorded evidence to prove their allegations. The students plan to
go for a press conference on Monday (today). Dawn
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20,000 appear in UET entrance test
Lahore: As many as 20,000 candidates appeared in
entrance test for admission to the engineering institutes of Punjab on Sunday.
According to a press statement, the test was simultaneously held at different
centres set up in different cities of the province as well as in some cities of
other provinces. The 80-minute test, conducted by the University of Engineering
and Technology (UET), Lahore, comprised 100 MCQs. UET Vice Chancellor Lt-Gen
(retd) Muhammad Akram Khan inspected different examination centres.The result of
the test will be declared on August 31 and will be available at the website
www.uet.edu.pk The admission forms will be available from August 25 and the last
date for their submission is September 5. The first merit list will be displayed
on Sept 9 and the second on Sept 18.
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TEVTA institutes' admission policy
Lahore: All admissions to the government colleges of commerce
(GCCs), govt polytechnic institutes (GPIs) and govt colleges of technology
(GCTs) on non-subsidised basis under the Technical Education and Vocational
Training Authority (TEVTA) will continue as per the existing policy. According
to a press statement, the Punjab government has categorically cleared it that
admissions at the TEVTA institutes on non-subsidised basis do not fall in the
category of self-finance scheme prevalent in medical or other professional
colleges. All matric and intermediate pass students can apply for admission in
DAE, DCom, BCom and BTech under non-subsidised scheme at respective TEVTA
institutes across the province, the statement said. The News
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