Government Islamia colleges principals removal issue
SPLA seeks reinstatement of college principals
Karachi, June 12: Describing the removal of the principals of the Government
Islamia Science and the Government Islamia Arts and Commerce colleges as "a
conspiracy to weaken the case of the college's building being heard in court",
the SPLA has urged the Sindh education department to immediately reinstate the
two principals to ensure a peaceful atmosphere in colleges across Sindh.
Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) made this demand in a
strongly worded statement issued here on Thursday. In the statement, the
central office-bearers of SPLA (Karachi chapter), Prof Ather Hussain Mirza, Prof
Muzaffar Ali Rizvi, Prof Iftikhar Azmi, Prof (Dr) Rasheed, Prof Ummat-us-Sami
and Prof Shamim Bhutto, said that the provincial education department had
removed the principal of the Islamia Arts and Commerce College, Prof Mubeen
Baig, and the principal of the Islamia Science College, Prof Mubin Khan, despite
the fact that a case of Islamia College building was pending in court and both
the heads of the colleges, who are familiar with the facts of the case, were
taking a keen interest in saving the college building and were working in the
interest of thousands of students of the two colleges. The leaders of SPLA said
that it was beyond their comprehension why both the principals had been replaced
by much junior associate professors. They also criticised the handover
of the management of the Govt Girls Shireen Jinnah College to a non-governmental
organisation. They said that the government had spent millions of rupees
on the construction of the college, but the college building had been rented out
to the NGO for a mere Rs800 a month. Now the same NGO had awarded the
contract of the canteen of the college to a contractor for Rs4,000 a month, they
said. They urged the government to immediately reinstate both Islamia
colleges' principals and get back the control of Shireen Jinnah College from the
NGO. They warned that SPLA which had suspended its protest movement
would be forced to review its decision if their demands were not met. Dawn
Lecturers' appointment case: Sindh govt given final chance to file appeal in SC
Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday allowed time to
the Sindh government as a final chance to file an appeal in the Supreme Court
(SC) against the SHC judgement regarding the appointment of 384 lecturers in the
Sindh Education and Literacy Department. A division bench of the SHC,
comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Bin Yamin, was hearing applications
of petitioners seeking contempt proceedings against the Sindh chief secretary
and Education and Literacy Department secretary. The SHC division bench after
hearing the arguments from both sides, allowed time to the Sindh government to
file an appeal time in the SC and ordered that in case, the SHC judgement is not
complied with, the education department secretary will personally appear in
court and appropriate action will be taken. The court adjourned the matter till
June 19. ppi
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AKU inks MoU with Canadian university
Karachi: In an effort to increase global engagement between developing
countries and the West, Aga Khan University (AKU) signed a memorandum of
understanding with the University of Alberta in Canada. "Partnerships,
such as this one, build capacity in the developing world where it is needed
most, but more importantly, they build compassion and understanding across our
interconnected world," said AKU President Firoz Rasul at the signing ceremony
with the University of Alberta's President Indira Samarasekera. The
ceremony was attended by Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach and the Aga Khan, founder
and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network.Through the agreement, the two
universities and two additional agencies of Aga Khan Development Network -
University of Central Asia and Aga Khan Trust for Culture - aim to promote human
progress and social justice by partnering on subjects such as health sciences
education, humanities development and library planning, biodiversity
conservation and sustainable land use programmes with particular emphasis on
mountain environments and semi-arid regions. Over the past 25 years, AKU
has fostered partnerships with several universities in Canada and across the
world, including the University of McMaster, the University of Waterloo,
University of Toronto, Harvard University and Oxford University.
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SALUTS stages protest in Khairpur
Khairpur: Shah Abdul Latif University Teachers Society (SALUTS) on Thursday
demanded transparency in induction of VCs. President of the society
Professor Dr Abdul Latif Memon and General Secretary Syed Muqeem Shah Rizvi,
while addressing the rally, emphasised upon the authorities to appoint
professors in service to the post of vice chancellors rather than appointing
retired professors. They demanded transparency in the induction of VCs and
bifurcation of the post of chancellor and governor. They also demanded
discontinuing the condition of getting NOC from the governor for going abroad
for higher education. They demanded ending the influence of the Higher Education
Commission from the universities of Sindh and restoring the autonomy of
universities. They also requested for PhD allowance of 10,000 rupees per month. The News
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