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NTU Affiliation with PEC | IIU exhibition
Students make a scene at NTU: Affiliation with PEC
Faisalabad, May 13, 2008: Students of the National Textile University (NTU)
forcibly entered the vice-chancellor's office on Monday and asked him to have a
dialogue with them for solution to their problems.
This was the first
aggressive protest by the NTU students who locked main gates before commencing
protest.
They have been demanding university's accreditation with the
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), resignation of the vice-chancellor and
disbandment of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association's organising
body.
Sources said the NTU students gathered at the campus and chanted
slogans against the administration and VC Masood Biabani. They entered the VC's
office and demanded acceptance of their demands.
The administration
called the police, which could not approach the VC office because of closure of
gates.
Sensing the situation, sources said, the VC asked the students to
make arrangements for a joint discussion in which he would apprise them about
the progress of the accreditation issue. Upon this, the students dispersed and
held detailed talks with the VC. Though the protest campaign launched by senior
students of the NTU entered the second month, this was the first address by the
VC at the main auditorium. All departments heads and staff members were
present.
During the course of the discussion, sources said, the VC tried
to convince the students that the university had been making sincere efforts for
accreditation.
The VC's remarks infuriated the students when he said that
it would take three to four years to acquire certification from the PEC and they
started chanting slogans against him. They also demanded his
resignation.
Uproar by scores of students forced the NTU head to stop his
speech and he left the meeting without responding to any query.
The
protesters said they would not budge from their position until their legitimate
demands were met. Students Action Committee representative Jawad Qazi said talks
between both parties -- students and administration -- remained
inconclusive.
"Our future is at stake because of the non-affiliation of
the university with the PEC. We can't be considered as engineers without this
accreditation," he said. Dawn
Photographic exhibition of Holy Relics today
Islamabad: The International Islamic University (IIU) will hold a two-day photographic
exhibition of the Holy Relics of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) here from May 13. The
exhibition includes photographs of the Sacred Trusts, a collection of Holy
Relics like the Holy Mantle, the seal, footprints and relics of the Holy Prophet
(PBUH), says a statement issued here Monday. The event is being organised by the
Rumi Forum, Pakistan in collaboration with the IIU while IIU President Dr Anwar
Hussain Siddiqui would be the chief guest on the occasion. The second day of the
exhibition is reserved for the females at the central library of the university. The News
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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