KU anti-plagiarism rules & university statutes
KU statutes to cover anti-plagiarism
Karachi, Aug 31: The Karachi University syndicate has decided to review the
suggestion made by retired Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui in his report that the
university needs to make anti-plagiarism rules part of its statutes instead of
enacting a new policy. The decision was taken at the syndicate meeting
held under the chairmanship of KU vice-chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim on
Saturday. Sources said that Mr Siddiqui, a syndicate member, who had
been given a draft policy on plagiarism some time ago and was asked for comments
suggested in his report that anti-plagiarism rules be made part of the
university statutes. Since the university was penalising its employees for
plagiarism, it was necessary that the subject should be made part of its
statutes instead of enacting a new policy, he recommended. The sources
added that the syndicate would now develop the proposal according to the
statutes. It may be mentioned here that a judicial inquiry is under way
against three university teachers on charges of plagiarism while a cooperative
teacher, Dr Zakia Bibi, has already been removed from service on the same
allegation. The meeting did not consider the application of Dr Zakia Bibi on the
grounds that a review of her application might affect the ongoing inquiry
against the three teachers. The syndicate also approved the forced
retirement of Kamran Khan, a lecturer in the geography department, on charges of
severe misconduct. The decision was taken on the recommendation of an internal
inquiry report which was endorsed by retired Justice Nadeem Azhar Siddiqui.
The meeting, meanwhile, approved some appointments recommended by the
selection board. But it did not approve the appointment of associate professor
Rafia Taj as the chairperson of the mass communication department despite the
fact that a notification about her appointment had already been issued.
The syndicate members contended that Ms Taj was the fifth senior
professor in the department and the position of the chairperson should be first
offered to those who were senior to her. It is worth mentioning that the
department has three PhD professors while Ms Taj is not a PhD. Dawn
Your Comments
"I would like to point out that i am a student of Mass Communication and i was just googling my chairprseon Dr.Rafia Tajs name when i came across this report i would like to point out that at the time of the syndicate her title was not Ms. But Dr. as she had already done her PhD and would further like to clarify that she wasnt fifth but third senior in the department and the two other seniors namely Dr.Tahir Masood and Dr. Mehmood Ghaznavi had already completed thier tenure as chairpersons so Dr.Rafias name was next i condemn this mistake this sort of unresearched and unreliable news is what misleads the society and creates useless tension depression and anxiety amongst its members"
Name: Umaima
Email: umaimaahmed@live.com
City, Country: Karachi, Pakistan
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Archaeology dept head of SALU removed
Khairpur: The syndicate of the Shah Abdul Latif University removed Dr Ghulam Mustafa Shar from the chairmanship of Archaeology department and temporarily appointed Dr Qasid Mallah in his place.
A meeting of the syndicate also recommended that Dr Mustafa Shar might
be asked to resign or suspended and an impartial inquiry be conducted
against him. A tussle between the Vice-Chancellor Professor
Dr Nilofar Shaikh and Dr Shar had been going on since the excavation of
an archaeological site identified as Lakhian Jo Daro near Sukkur. Both
the professors have been claiming credit fort the discovery of the
site. The syndicate also approved a budget of Rs675.745
million for 2009-10 and recommended that it be presented at the next
meeting of the university's senate. Names for chairmen of various departments of the university were also announced.
Professor Dr Qurban Bhatti was appointed chairman of Physics
department, Professor Dr Mohammad Hassan Khaskheli for bio-chemistry,
Dr Abdul Kareem Adal Soomro for Sindhi, Professor Dr Yasmin Qazi for
Micro-biology, Professor Dr Lal Chand for Mathematics, Professor Dr
Noor Jehan Ismaili for Botany, Professor Dr Yousuf Khushik for Urdu,
Professor Dr Vinod Kumar for Chemistry and Professor Dr Imdad Sahito
for Pakistan Studies for a term of three years. Proff Dr Shah
Mohammad Luhrani was appointed member of Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education, Larkana, in place of Professor Dr Ghulam Sarwar
Markhand. Dawn
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Students demo against self-finance scheme
Karachi: A large number of students staged a protest demonstration
against Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (STEVTA)
policies, under the banner of Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) outside the Karachi
Press Club on Saturday. The protestors were carrying placards and banner and
chanting slogans against STEVTA that its anti-education policies, terming them
not acceptable. Addressing the demonstration the speakers said self finance
scheme in educational institutes would further strengthen class-based system
because incompetent student get admission by purchasing the seat while an
intelligent student could not get admission due to lack of money. They
demanded to end the self finance scheme a soon as possible and promote merit
culture. They further said STEVTA has fixed the age limit of 25 to 35 for taking
admission in evening classes in its new admission policy and cut the number of
seats in morning. They termed these measures conspiracy to deprive competent
student from getting admission in technical education institutions. They said
the students have to buy separate prospectus for morning and evening shifts and
they are facing difficulties to get information about admission forms due to non
provision of adequate information by STEVTA. They also demanded of government
to increase 50 percent in merit seats in technical institutions and to end age
limit restriction in evening shifts. Ppi
Your Comments
"It has been come into know that per policy of the STEVTA for the academic Session 2009-10, all the students who have passed their pre-entry admission test, they are eligible for getting admission, accept to this who will fulfill the required documents."
Name: AFZAL SOOMRO
Email: bizniz_earth@yahoo.com
City, Country: Karachi, Pakistan
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