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PU clerk held with blank result cards
Lahore, Feb 01, 2008: The Punjab University (PU) administration has seized more than 200 blank
result cards from a junior clerk of the examination branch and has suspended
him.
The suspension has taken place under the Punjab Employees
Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability Act 2006.
A press release
issued by the PU on Thursday stated that the clerk was handed over to the
police, but he managed to 'escape'.
PU registrar Dr Naeem Ahmed Khan
caught Mukarram Ahmad, a clerk
at the examination branch, red handed and
seized
more than 200 blank result cards from him.
The PU registrar
issued him a show cause notice on which the clerk was unable to explain why he
had kept more than 200 results cards of BCom Part-II, LLB Part-I and II, BSc
Home Economics, BSc, BSc (Hons), B Pharmacy, BEd and MEd.
The
administration gave him to Muslim Town police and lodged a case, but the culprit
escaped while a police official was interrogating him.
Registrar Prof Dr
Muhammad Naeem Khan said the PU had taken measurers to make its examination
system transparent. Daily Times
Lecturers assured of problems' solution
The Punjab University Vice Chancellor has given an assurance to lecturers for
the solution of their problems, including PhD foreign scholarship and regular
appointment of contract lecturers.
VC Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran hosted a
dinner for lecturers here on New Campus last night to know about the lecturers'
problems so that steps could be taken for redressing their grievances. Member
Syndicate (Lecturer Cadre) Syed Zia Ullah Shah, Dr Mujahid Ali Mansoori,
Chairman Hall Council Prof Dr Saeed Ahmad Nagra and Prof Dr Najma Najam were
also present.
A group of lecturers told the VC that now they could
discuss their problems with him openly and freely since there was no military
Vice Chancellor in the varsity.
A lecturer of Institute of Education and
Research asked the VC that new lecturers must be provided an opportunity to
visit foreign countries instead of giving another opportunity to those who had
already enjoyed foreign visit. The VC said that the same was part of policy. To
an objection raised by contract lecturers, Dr Kamran said he would conduct
separate meetings with contract lecturers, female lecturers and PhD faculty
members.
The VC stressed that all lecturers must appear in HEC exam for
PhD scholarship, as he wanted maximum university lecturers to earn PhD degree,
and university administration would fully cooperate with them in this regard. On
the occasion, Syed Zia Ullah Shah especially thanked the VC for extending 5
years to the age limit for foreign scholarship for university teachers.
Collaboration with foreign varsity urged
The Punjab University
should arrange a collaboration with the University of St Andrew, Scotland, for
PhD, Post Doctorate, promotion of research, career advisory and other programmes
of higher education.
Prof Dr Najma Najam of Department of Psychology
& Applied Psychology and Prof Dr Iftikhar Baloch presented these suggestions
to Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran in a briefing. Both the professors
have returned recently after attending a PhD training workshop held at St Andrew
University, Scotland. Registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan was also present.
Dr Najma Najam said that, after successful dialogues with St Andrew
University, 125 Pakistani students would be sent to St Andre University for PhD
in the field of Economics, Finance, Management, International Relations,
Psychology, English and Mathematics.
She further briefed the VC that the
subject of Psychology was not included in this list but, due to strong arguments
of their delegation, Psychology was also included in this scholarship scheme.
Dr Najma Najam said the Higher Education Commission would cooperate in
these projects and, soon, PC-I would be submitted to the HEC.
She also
stressed collaboration in Philosophy, History, Persian and English literature
along with professional education. The workshop in Scotland was started on 13
January and delegations of the Punjab University, Peshawar University,
Quaid-e-Azam University and Government College University, Lahore, attended the
workshop.
HEC funding to raise education quality: PU VC
The Punjab University Vice Chancellor has said that, at present, Higher
Education Commission (HEC) is fully funding to raise the quality of higher
education and development in universities, so we must get benefit from it. Prof
Dr Mujahid Kamran said this while presiding over a meeting of the committee for
establishment of School of Physical Sciences (SPS) at Punjab University.
Chairman committee Prof Dr Fazal-e-Aleem, members committee Dean Faculty of
Science Prof Dr Jamil Anwar Ch, Director Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP)
Prof Dr Khawaja Haris Rasheed, Registrar Prof Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan and other
senior faculty members also attended the meeting.
The VC directed the
chairman to prepare a detailed PC-I for location and other monetary issues for
the establishment of school. He said new posts would be created in the school
and services of Prof Dr Saleem would be hired in this regard. Dr Jamil presented
two options regarding establishment of school. Describing first option, he said
the Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education be upgraded and school
be established in its building and secondly the school be established in a
separate new building.
Results announced
The Punjab University, Examination Department, has
announced the results of various examinations. These exams include Doctor of
Pharmacy, Third Professional, Second Annual Examination 2006, Master of
Information Technology, 2nd Year, Second Annual Examination 2007, MSc Chemistry,
2-Year, Morning (Semester System), Session 2005-2007, MPhil Political Science
(Semester System), Session 2004-2006, and MA Philosophy (Semester System),
Session 2005-2007. Detailed results are available at university website
www.pu.edu.pk.
FAST students hold demo
Lahore: About 40 students of the FAST-National University held a demonstration in favour of
the deposed judiciary to express their solidarity with the lawyers' community on
the eve of "Yaum-e-Iftikhar" on Thursday. Some faculty members and students from
the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) also joined the students in
the demo. The students raised slogans in favour of judiciary, especially in
favour of deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Ch. However,
following police intervention, the gathering dispersed peacefully. A FAST-NU
student, seeking anonymity, said that students had vowed to establish
"Iftikhar Corner" at FAST-NU on Friday (today). The News
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