National Internship Programme internees stipends
57 NIP internees at IIU yet to get stipends
Rawalpindi, Aug 28: A total of 57 internees working with
the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) under the
National Internship Programme (NIP) have not received their stipends
for the last three months. The internees said that it
has been three months that they have not been paid their stipends,
saying that the university administration has been citing different
reasons for the delay in their due payment of stipends. The
internees said they could not visit their homes in other parts of the
country because of the financial constraints caused by the non-payment
of stipends. Most of the internees hail from NWFP, and southern and
central Punjab, and have to pay the rent of their residential
apartments as well. Director General NIP Ashfaq Abbasi, when
contacted said a lump sum stipend amount till September
for these internees has already been sanctioned, and attributed the
delay to some incomplete files of the internees, who till this time
have not furnished some necessary documents before the NIP. The
DG said the Accountant General of Pakistan Revenue (AGPR) has demanded
complete files of the internees for the release of the stipend money.
He said that a single section officer of NIP was dealing with all these
matters and after his retirement, no one has formally assumed the
charge. NIP itself deals with the AGPR on behalf of the autonomous
bodies such as IIUI and the delay is because of the shortage of staff
in NIP. The internees demanded of the government to pay their
stipends as soon as possible, so they could celebrate Eid with their
families in their native areas. The news
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Invigilators fail stress test
Rawalpindi: A superintendent and his deputy, who supervised an
examination during which a nephew of former MNA Haji Pervaiz Khan was
caught impersonating his uncle, have changed their statements before a
disciplinary committee, saying the man was arrested outside the Gordon
College's examination hall. Officials privy to the departmental investigation said the
superintendent, who lodged an FIR with the City police after
examination inspector Naeem Bajwa found Bilal Javaid taking examination
on behalf of his uncle, retracted apparently under pressure.
Likewise, the deputy superintendent also changed his earlier statement
given to the police and told the inquiry team that there had been no
cheating and impersonation case. Five persons – the
superintendent, his deputy, Gordon College principal, examination
inspector and a member of special inspection team, Ilyas Qureshi – were
to appear before the five-member inquiry committee set up by the
chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE),
Rawalpindi. The committee was comprised of Prof Farooq of
Asghar Mall College, Prof (Dr) Rafique, principal of Pilot School
Attock, Government College Chakwal principal Sajjad Ahmed and Prof
Fehmida of Government College for Girls, Attock. As Gordon
College principal and Ilyas Qureshi did not appear before the inquiry
committee, only the inspector who caught Bilal red-handed stated that
the offence of impersonation was committed. Following the
statements of the superintendent and deputy superintendent, the inquiry
committee did not recommend any action against the examination staff,
observing that no case of impersonation took place. BISE
Rawalpindi Chairman Abdul Hafeez, however, did not accept the
recommendations of the committee, and instead formed a special inquiry
team to re-investigate the matter. It may be mentioned here
that the five persons who were to appear before the inquiry committee
had signed the answer sheet, which was seized from Bilal, while
initiating a case about use of unfair means. The PML-N MNA has
resigned from the National Assembly and his nephew has been released on
bail.The educational board has disqualified both the superintendent and
his deputy from invigilation for 10 years. The inspector, who unearthed
the case, got his services transferred as he was being pressurised to
change his statement. Dawn
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QAU awards PhD degree
Islamabad: Mrs. Basit Basharat Tayyab has been awarded Doctorate in
Philosophy (PhD) in the discipline of Administrative Sciences by the
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. According
to a press release issued here Thursday, she is the second PhD scholar,
who has been awarded the accredited degree from the Department of
Administrative Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Her
dissertation was titled 'Organisational Culture and Knowledge
Management Processes in the Pakistani Corporate Sector'. Highlights
of her research work include development of indigenous scale for
Organisational culture; and analysis by employing sophisticated
software L ISREL 8.8. Her thesis was supervised by Dr Nasir Ahmed,
Advisor Comsats Attock Campus; and Dr M Anisul Haque, Associate
Professor, Centre of Excellence in Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad. The thesis was evaluated by foreign academic experts from
United States of America and Australia. Presently, Mrs. Basit
Basharat Tayyab is working as assistant professor at the Department of
Administrative Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. The news
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RBISE record to be computerised in six months
Rawalpindi: The provincial Education Department has decided to
computerise all record of the Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and
Secondary Education (RBISE). The decision was made in line with the directives of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Officials
said on Thursday that new computers would be provided to the RBISE
shortly for record computerisation within the next six months. They
said once the exercise was completed, the RBISE information would be
available to the students online and early redressal of students'
complaints would be ensured. Daily times
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