Punjab university BA BSc Supplementary results 2009

PU declared BA/BSc Supple, various exams results
Lahore, Dec 24: Punjab University (PU) has declared the result of BA/BSc Supplementary Examination, 2009 and various other examinations.

According to Examination Controller Dr Zahid Karim Khan, 46,427 candidates appeared in the BA/BSc exam and 15,446 were declared successful with pass percentage of 33.27.

Meanwhile, the PU also declared the results of MSc Applied Psychology, Part-II, Annual Examination, 2009, MSc Psychology, Part-II, Annual Examination, 2009, MA Islamic Studies, Part-II, Annual Examination, 2009, MA Women's Studies, Part-II, Annual Examination, 2009.

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Fish sale on PU farm
Lahore: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran inaugurated the sale of fish at the University Fish Farm at New Campus on Wednesday. Dr Mujahid Kamran said the PU was giving special importance to research in the science departments so that students could have practical knowledge and get success in the practical life after completing their education.

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Pakistani student won US President's Award
Islamabad: Asad Khan, a Pakistani boy studying in Maryland (USA), has been awarded the 'President's Award for Educational Excellence' in recognition of his outstanding academic performance in 2009, says a press release issued here on Wednesday.

He is the son of a former Pakistani police officer, Zia Khan, currently working at the United Nations. He is also the nephew of principal of the Sir Syed College (Wah Cantonment).

The award signed by US President Barak Obama and the US secretary of education, is followed by a letter by the US president which says "Nothing is more important to our nation's long-term success than educating our future leaders..."

Asad Khan scored consecutive 'As' during all his school years in academics, discipline, behaviour, sports, languages and music. It is also worth mentioning that he has showed his genius in mathematics.

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US scholarships
Islamabad: US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson at a reception here on Wednesday congratulated recipients of the 2009 Women's Leadership Training in Economics (WLTIE) scholarship awards, as they prepare to start a two-year master's degree programme in the United States in January.

The programme, funded by the US Agency for International Development, seeks to develop a new generation of women economists, who will become leaders in economic policy-making and serve as role models for the future generations.

This year, the programme awarded scholarships to 31 women from eight countries including Tanzania, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Angola, Vietnam, Ecuador, Pakistan, and Guinea-Conakry. Eight women were selected from Pakistan through a highly competitive process the largest number of candidates from one country. The awardees will study applied policy economics at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and the State University of New York in Buffalo.

I am confident that this scholarship programme will be the next step on the path to achieving your goals, Ambassador Patterson told awardees. Your experience will foster skills that will guide you as you draft policy, shape Pakistan's economic agenda, and provide models for the women who follow you.

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UAF syndicate showed the door to 63 appointees
Faisalabad: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) syndicate has declared the appointment of 63 employees of different grades illegal on the plea that these appointments were made during election days (2008) when hiring was banned across Punjab.

Interestingly, it was none other than the syndicate which gave a nod to these appointments. The fresh move lends credence to the doubt that change of (few) faces in the syndicate portends change of faces in the overall university system.

Sources informed on Wednesday that these employees had been serving the university for the last one to two years and became part of the academia on the recommendations of the selection boards.

14 selection boards met on Dec 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 17, 26, 27 of 2007 and Jan 15, 16, 17, 24, 25 and 26 of 2008 and recommended appointment of 63 employees of different grades -- tenure-track professors, associate and assistant professors, lecturers, deputy treasurer and deputy registrars. The employees were recruited after fulfilling the formalities like advertisement in the national press for open competition and scrutiny by the committees constituted by the vice-chancellor to screen out the ineligible candidates.

All the candidates appeared before the selection boards, comprising the VC (chairman), chairman or a member of Public Service Commission, dean of the faculty concerned or director of the division of education and extension, or director of the institutes, the chairman of the teaching department concerned and one member of the syndicate besides two other persons of eminence to be appointed by the syndicate.

The boards recommended the candidates who obtained highest marks for the advertised slots. The university after fulfilling all formalities like approval of the syndicate okayed appointments of the successful candidates on Feb 11, 2008.

A syndicate member said on the request of anonymity that the university had manoeuvered the directive declaring the appointments illegal, though the appointment process was in progress months before the election schedule.

He said VC Dr Iqrar Ahmad was also appointed during election days, but the syndicate kept mum over the issue. It was discriminatory that all other appointments had been declared unlawful.

Although all these employees were receiving perks and privileges from the university after approval of the syndicate, the minutes of the meeting that took place on Feb 11, 2008, were yet to be approved and it's something helping the administration declare the appointments illegal. The business rules of the syndicate bind the members to approve the minutes of last meeting before further proceedings.

The employees are Dr Ghulam Muhammad, professor of clinical medicine and surgery, Dr Allah Bakhsh, professor of irrigation and drainage department, associate professors Dr Shaukat Ali Bhatti, Dr Waqar Ahmad, Dr Saeed Ahmad, Dr Muhammad Asif Ali and Dr Nasir Amin.

The assistant professors are Dr Waqas Waqil, Dr Muhammad Ahsan, Dr Bushra Saadia, Dr Sultan Habibullah, Dr Hafiz Naeem Asghar, Dr Tariq Aziz, Abdul Rehman and Dr Lal Hussain Akhtar.

The lecturers are Muhammad Yamin, Abdus Samie, Waqas Alam Chattha, Shabbir Hussain, Bilal Aslam, Dr Muhammad Sharif, Hafiza Masooma Naseer Cheema, Muhammad Aslam, Nazar Hussain, Ayesha Masood, Shafia Tehseen Gul, Dr Huma Jamil, Ihsan Qadir, Faizul Hassan, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Bilal Saeed, Muhammad Sagheer, Hammad Hassan, Hafeezur Rehman, Ghulam Mustafa Sahi, Nazila Azhar, Irfan Ashraf, Shoaibur Rehman, Karim Yar Abbasi, Ayesha Sameen, Asim Shabbir, Shakila Perveen, Dr Muhammad Araf, Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, Saifullah, Shamsa Kanwal, Aamer Maqsood, Muhammad Sabir, Saifur Rehman Kashif, Zulfiqar Ahmad and Fatima Husain.

The syndicate also declared appointments of deputy registrars Abdul Hafeez, Aftab Ahmad Sheikh, Dr Abdul Hafeez, Ali Ahmad, Inam Qadir and Tariq Mehmood Gill illegal. Ali Ahmad had retired from the university a couple of months ago. Besides, the appointment of deputy treasurer Muhammad Ashraf Mumtaz has also been declared unlawful.

Sources said the number of illegal appointments could increase in the coming days as the administration would further take up the cases.

Another syndicate member said the (syndicate) meeting declared the appointments illegal, but the VC was reluctant to fix responsibility on any one or constitute any committee to recover the public money from these "illegal appointees". He said one of the syndicate members raised the issue of responsibility which the VC sidelined.

He said the situation would land Registrar Muhammad Husain, who also holds the syndicate secretary office and approved the appointments, in a difficulty.

Public Relations and Publications Department Principal Officer Dr Jalal Arif said the Lahore High Court had asked the university administration to give legal cover to all such appointments made during election days. He said the syndicate had not declared all appointments illegal rather the university would soon give legal cover to all appointments and nobody would be shown the door.

He said the appointment of Dr Iqrar as vice-chancellor was made on Feb 20 and the ban was enforced till Feb 18.

Meanwhile The administration of Kinnaird College for Women on Wednesday terminated the services of three of its faculty members, repatriating four others to the Punjab government.

According to sources, the faculty members along with some others had pointed fingers at the alleged irregularities in recent admissions, besides showing strong resentment over the appointment of Naima Khursheed as the college's registrar and head of examination department.

A faculty member, seeking anonymity, said the KC Board of Governors in its meeting held on December 5, had constituted a three-member inquiry committee to investigate different allegations leveled by some faculty members. The 'action' against teachers is being taken as a victimization act by the administration, the source said, adding that the teachers had reservation over the said committee as no representative from the education department was part of it.

The faculty members repatriated to the Higher Education Department include Saira Malik, Head of Political Science Department, Shibba Syed, Head of Urdu Department, Farrukh Sohail, Head of Islamic Studies Department and Helen Khokhar, Head of Physics Department

The faculty members whose contract services were terminated include Sadaf Munir and Asma Jamil from the Psychology Department and Zarina Rizvi from Urdu Department.

Sadaf Munir said the teachers were victimized only because they had raised their voice against the administration's unjust and unfair policies, including the appointment of Naima Khursheed as college's registrar. She even claimed the said official was earlier removed by Queen Marry College over allegations of corruption. Sadaf Munir alleged the admissions were made even in October and November, despite the fact the process was completed in September. "They are replacing the best with the worst" she commented, saying those serving on contract were not issued any notices as required by the rules. She also alleged that the administration was asking the teachers to remain silent, issuing threats of consequences.

When contacted, KC Principal Dr Bernadette L Dean denied the allegations, saying no one was victimized. The college administration is free to keep or let someone go, the KC being a private institution, she added.

She said some faculty members were repatriated as the administration was planning to induct highly qualified teachers as faculty members. She said the position of registrar was advertised and the appointment was made purely on merit.

She refuted the allegation that contracts were yet not expired, saying Sadaf Munir had even applied for renewal of her contract.

Dr Dean said two of the faculty members were serving the college on contract after their retirement, adding one of them, Asma Jamil, had even asked her (Principal) to relieve her.

She said, during an interview with students sometime ago, she had held Jesus Christ, Nelson Mandela and Gandhi as her ideal, adding, unfortunately, some faculty members were busy in propaganda against her since then,

To a question, she said the fact-finding committee constituted by the KC BoG had yet to submit its report. Those leveling allegations had even taken a U-turn in the said meeting, claiming their signatures on complaints were forged, she said.

When contacted, Punjab Higher Education Department secretary Ahad Khan Cheema said the department had yet to receive the repatriation orders. However, he added, the KC principal was advised to hold-on until the inquiry committee submitted its report as the conduct of administration was under question. "At this time, it simply looks like clash of interests", he commented.

He said the KC was neither a government nor totally private institute, adding it was being run under a special arrangement with its representation from different government departments, including education, finance and law, on its BoG. Naima Khursheed was not available for comments.

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Trauma disaster course
Lahore: The Children's Hospital, Lahore, in collaboration with the King Edward Medical University (KEMU) has started the first trauma disaster course here on Wednesday.

According to a press release here, Children's Hospital Dean Prof Tahir Masood Ahmed inaugurated the course. Prof Muhammad Afzal Sheikh paediatric surgeon, Prof Muhammad Arshad Cheema, Dr Saeeda, Prof Irfan Bakhshi, Prof Javed Iqbal, Dr Nadeem Malik, Dr Arif Tarar and other experts also delivered lectures during the course.

Prof Dr Ahsan Waheed Rathore, medical director, Children's Hospital, said the trauma course had been dedicated to the martyred children of Moon Market Allama Iqbal Town incident.

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AIOU Christmas festival
Islamabad: A religious festival was held here at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in connection with Christmas celebrations for the Christian employees of the University.

Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor AIOU Prof Dr Mehmood-ul-Hassan Butt said, "Religion teaches us to love each other, and we can make our lives and the entire society peaceful through acting upon the teachings of our beloved Prophets."

Reciting and translating verses of the chapter entitled 'Maryum' and 'Al-e-Imran' from the Holy Quran, the VC said that Hazrat Maryum (AS) is the best in all women around the world and the birth of Hazrat Esa (AS) is one of Allah's miracles and his whole life was also full of miracles. He said the Holy Quran is the last heavenly book, which verifies all heavenly books descended before the Quran.

Dr Mehmood-ul-Hassan Butt congratulated the Christians on the occasion.

Clergyman of Saint Thomas Church Irfan Jamil said, "We should struggle to eradicate illiteracy, narrow-mindedness, dislike, imposture and falsehood, which is possible by acting upon the teachings gives by the religions."

Clergyman Imtiaz prayed to Allah Almighty to save the country and its people from terrorism and extremism from inside and outside the country, and bring solidarity and peace.

Assistant Registrar Mushtaq Maseh also prayed for peace and solidarity. Project Director Engineer Syed Ataullah Shah also addressed the gathering.

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FAST-NU signs MoU with Microsoft
Islamabad: FAST National University and Microsoft Pakistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create an 'Industry Academia Partnership' for development of world class IT human resources.

According to a press release, the MoU was signed by Kamal Ahmed, Country General Manager Microsoft Pakistan, and Dr M Ayub Alvi, Dean FAST-NU, at the university head office.

Through this partnership, all campuses of the FAST-NU will have free access to Microsoft products for academic use. Furthermore, the MoU will lead to training of teachers, industrial projects, professional training in advanced technologies, internships and free courseware for FAST-NU students.

The Microsoft will offer FAST-NU participation in the MSDN Academic Alliance.

Dr Amir Muhammed, Rector NU, Rana Ghulam Shabbir, Secretary General FAST and Dr. Aftab Ahmad Maroof Director, NU Islamabad Campus, were also present on the occasion.

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HEC workshops held
Islamabad: The third and final awareness workshop of the National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC), Higher Education Commission held here Wednesday.

The objective of the workshop was to create awareness about the Business Education Accreditation Process awareness for business schools\universities\institutes\departments in the regions about the Council's accreditation and also receive their feedback to improve the accreditation process documents.

The participants of the workshop included Professor Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, chairman NBEAC, Dr. Zahoor Hassan Syed, Professor LUMS, Professor Muhammad Aman, Dean, Riphah International University, Dr. Sadia Nadeem, Associate Professor (FAST-NU) and Dr. Nasser Ali Khan, director, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar.

They gave presentations on accreditation framework, pre-review guidelines, committees/panel structure, eligibility guidance and self assessment report respectively.

This initiative of HEC to form such a body for business education accreditation was appreciated by the participants. The aim of this initiative is to improve the quality of business education in the country.

Dr Mukhtar Ahmed requested the participants to provide their feedback and suggestions about the process before January 15, 2010. A review meeting would be held after feedback from Business Schools nationwide. The news

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