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Plagiarism in Peshawar University
PESHAWAR, July 26: Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Haroon Rashid has admitted to
having detected cases of plagiarism in the University of Peshawar and said the
issue would be discussed at the next syndicate meeting.
"We have detected
cases of plagiarism and some are on the agenda of our next syndicate meeting,"
said Dr Haroon, who held a meeting with media personnel for the first time
during his 17-month tenure as VC on Wednesday.
Dr Haroon, who is also
member of the ethics committee, declined to give further details of the cases,
but said: "We want 'transparency' and if any drawback is found, the university
is ready to fill the gap. We are not perfect, but we want to serve the
nation."
Established in 1950, the Peshawar University is ranked 4th best
public-sector university in the country. However, the university is faced with
various problems because of overall situation in the province.
Dr Haroon
claimed that although the university was facing problems such as lack of PhD
faculty, plagiarism and problems arising out of multi-administration because of
the presence of other universities and colleges on the campus, it had succeeded
in maintaining its rank.
A new nuclear laboratory has been set up this
year for the first time.
The equipment for the lab had been imported from
Germany, but it could not be made functional as the German engineers were not
allowed to visit the university because of the prevailing law and order
situation in the province, he said.
Prof Dr Taimur Khan, head of the
quality enhancement cell, informed journalists that the university had 597
teaching faculties and six academic faculties, with 41 departments and 15,740
enrolments. It has so far produced 22 PhD graduates and awarded 78 MPhil
degrees.
The university had 96 male and 23 female PhD students, but
lacked the PhD faculty, Dr Taimur said.
The number of publications of
national and international repute stood at 334, and 13 journals of various
disciplines were also published, he added.
The university, in an effort
to improve its ranking, would demand every teacher to come up with at least one
publication.
"It plans to improve its ranking by awarding honorary
degrees to renowned people and professors, increasing the number of PhDs and
MPhil students and providing good database on internet," Dr Haroon said. Dawn
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