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Punjab University ICS faculty members scandal
PU scandal: Eyes set on commission's report
Lahore, July 12, 2008: "Merit is the only policy being followed by the Punjab University
administration", vowed Vice Chancellor Dr. Mujahid Kamran. Talking to us on the ongoing scandal in ICS, VC told that as the initial measure
the US scholarships of the accused lecturers has been cancelled, while the final
report of Commission is expected in a few days. The sources told that the
aforementioned lecturers, Mr. Naveed Chaudhry and Mr. Shafique Kamboh have
allegedly got involved in this foul play during there probation period and for
the same reasons they have not been made "permanent" by the administration till
the further decision.
Dr. Mughees Uddin Shaikh said that blame of corruption in his Institution is nothing but a controversy created
by some unknown source. An application with no source needs not to be given so
much importance. On the other hand, one of the accused faculty member, Mr.
Naveed did not rebut the charges against him. "I am not answerable to anybody
else than the commission members", he said and dropped the call. The other
defendant, Shafique Kamboh neither accepted nor controverted the allegations
raised against him. "Dr. Mughees is apt to be arbitrary and ignores the senior
fellow-faculty members", said a senior faculty member of ICS.
He further feared
that if the allegations raised against these two get proved to be true, this
would be a question mark on the transparency of ICS examination system, which
the accused Director claims to be the best. "It is appreciated that new VC has
been taking revolutionary steps against the treacherous elements defaming the
university", said another senior official. The ICS students and faculty members
seem to be shocked at the unveiling of the scandal. They demanded that the
report of the Commission should be finalized as early as possible. F.P Report
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Two PhD students' plea against PU put off
Lahore: Two Punjab University PhD students, despite being given several chances to submit their synopsis, will
have to re-enrol with the university for this purpose, the PU counsel on Friday
said in a reply to a petition filed by the students in the Lahore High Court
(LHC).
Earlier, the LHC sought the PU reply to a petition filed by Ifra
Iftikhar and Mubbashra Sultan, PhD mass communication students. The students
moved the LHC against the PU authorities for not allowing them to submit their
synopsis and asking them to get readmission. They said they had passed their
examinations, a requisite for the submission of the synopsis, and did not
require readmission for this purpose.
PU counsel: PU counsel Advocate
Muhammad Arif wrote to the court that the students had to file their synopsis in
June 2007, which they did not despite several reminders by the PU. They were
given relaxation by extending the deadline in this regard, but they could not
avail those chances, the counsel added.
He said, "Now, the PU board of
studies has decided that the students will have to re-enrol with the
university."
He said the students were not required to consume the full
session, but it was mandatory for them to register with the PU again for the
submission of their synopsis. The process will be completed in four months, he
added.
LHC Justice Syed Asghar Haider adjourned the hearing till
Monday.
The students accused Communication Studies Institute Director Dr
Mughees Sheikh and the PU vice-chancellor of discrimination, saying that they
had allowed some of their fellow students to submit their synopsis on July 13,
2007.
They said they tried to submit their synopsis before July 14, 2007,
in the office of Dr Mughees, but his staff had refused to accept it in his
absence. The petitioners said they went to Dr Shafique Jalandhary, the then
acting director of the institute, who allowed them to submit their synopsis, but
the staff had refused again.
The students said Dr Mughees, after return
from Umrah, had asked them to write an application for the extension of the
deadline to submit their synopsis. Later, Dr Mughees declined their request,
saying that the synopsis should have been submitted in time, they
added.
The students said they had appealed to the VC, but he asked them
to re-enrol with the university for the submission of their synopsis. Daily Times
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