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Four PU teachers resign with appointment of new VC
LAHORE, Jan 05, 2008: Four Punjab University (PU) teachers on Friday resigned
from their additional duties with the appointment of a new vice chancellor (VC)
of the university, Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran.
Prof Azher Ikram worked as a
chairman of the PU Hall Council, Sami Uzair as deputy chairman of the Hall
Council, Dr Asmatullah as resident officer and Ch Nazir Ahmad as PU student
advisor. The teachers submitted their resignations to the VC on Friday, which he
accepted.
Dr Zafar Iqbal Jadoon had resigned two days earlier when the
new VC was announced.
The teachers have been known for their affiliation
with the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT). The teachers were also among the senior
members of the PU Academic Staff Association, a group of PU teachers –
predominantly inclined towards the IJT. The group had struggled to make Prof Dr
Arif Butt, the former VC, retain his seat. However, the new VC had been chosen
from the other teachers' group known as Teachers' Front. The two groups have
always been at loggerheads with one another.
The new VC has issued a
notice of the new appointments. According to the notice, Dr Saeed Ahmad Nagra
has been appointed as chairman of the PU Hall Council, Dr Bashir Ahmad as PU
resident officer. A notification for the PU students' advisor was expected to be
announced today (Saturday).
Prof Ikram said that they had
jointly submitted their resignation, but if the VC would ask them, they would
offer their services for the welfare of the university. "This is the tradition
of the university that the new VC selects a new team, so we have vacated the
seats," he said. "A new era of development has begun with the appointment of the
new VC."
PU registrar Dr Naeem Ahmad Khan said the teachers who had
resigned from their position had vowed to continue their efforts for the
university's development.
PU regularises 45 faculty members
LAHORE: The Punjab University has
regularised the services of 45 faculty members who were recommended by the
university's Confirmation Committee, said a press release issued by the PU on
Friday.
The PU Syndicate formed the committee in its meeting held on
December 17, 2007. The committee was given the task of recommending the teachers
who were working on contract for regularisation of service.
Professor Dr
Nosheen K Rehman was among those who were regularised.
The assistant
professors who were regularised are: Dr Shahida Manzoor (College of Art and
Design), Tahir Jabeen (Social Work Department), Riffat Munawwar (Sociology
Department), Humaira Asad (Institute of Business Administration), Labiba Sheikh
(Institute of Business Administration), Dr Hafeezur Rehman (Economics
Department), Dr Kanwal Ameen (Department of Library and Information Science),
Ayaz Ahmad (Institute of Quality and Technology Management), Dr Aisha Sitwat
(Clinical Psychology Department), Dr Amtul Jamil Sami (Institute of Biochemistry
and Biotechnology), Dr Muhammad Saeed Khawar (Punjabi Department), Dr Harris
Mobeen (Arabic Department), Dr Muhammad Ashraf Qureshi (Kashmiriyat Department),
Dr Mahmoodul Hassan (Physics Department), Dr Muhammad Nasir (Department of
Persian), Daud Ahmad (Mathematics Department) and Muhammad Riaz (Mathematics
Department).
The lecturers who were regularised are: Khurshid Alam
(English Department), Rizwan Akhtar (English Department), Aliya Khalid (Social
Work Department), Zarqa Ali (Communication Studies Department), Muhammad Afzal
(Economics Department), Arshid Mahmood Ali (Institute of Chemical Engineering
and Technology), Hamed Sattar (Institute of Chemical Engineering and
Technology), Ihsanur Rehman Ghauri (Department of Islamic Studies), Khujista
Rehan (University Law College), Naveed Ahmad (University Law College), Maqsood
Ahmad Mann (University Law College), Ahmad Ali Ghauri (University Law College),
Moazzam Ali (Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology), Shazia Khalid
(Department of Applied Psychology), Saima Ghazal (Department of Applied
Psychology), Afsheen Masood (Department of Applied Psychology), Zaheer Ahmad
(Department of Punjabi), Asma Qadri (Department of Punjabi), Saadat Ali
(Department of Punjabi), Dr Naveed Ahmad Shahzad (Department of Punjabi), Ashok
Kumar Khatri (Department of Sindhi), Shabnam Riaz (Department of Hindi), Arifa
Shahzad (Department of Urdu) and Farzana Tareen (Physics
Department).
Three lecturers – Saima Ali, Abdul Khaliq and Shahid Manzoor
– of the College of Information Technology at the PU's Gujranwala Campus were
also regularised. Daily Times
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