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FUUAST B.A., B.Com and MA (External) admissions
FUUAST announces last date for registration
Karachi, Sep 18: Controller of Examinations, Federal Urdu
University of Arts, Science & Technology (FUUAST) has announced that the
last date for the submission of registration fee for the B.A., B.Com and MA
(External) candidates is September 30. The students who have passed their last
examination in 2007 are eligible for the registration. The News
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KU staff to celebrate Eid with empty pockets
Karachi: Due to shortage of funds, the administration of Karachi University
(KU) is forced to pay only partial Eid advance, comprising on half salary, to
its academic and non-academic staff this year on the occasion of Eidul
Fitr.
The KU employees, who usually avail loan facility at the campus, are
worried over the varsity funds deprivation as the public universities, including
KU, are still suffering from monetary crisis due to the refusal of federal
finance ministry to release the Higher Education Commission's fourth quarterly
instalment for development, it was said on Wednesday.
A source at the
KU campus said that the administration used to give full Eid advance (one month
salary) for the convenience of its employees to meet the expenses of Ramadan and
Eid. "This year KU administration is not able to do so owing to paucity of
funds despite soaring price-hike in the country. The KU employees, availing such
facility to lessen their finical crisis on the Eid occasion, will observe the
festival this year with financial burden", he said.
"The present government
is not aware of the fact that higher education and scientific research in
present time is very expensive. Despite the marvellous efforts of the HEC to
boost up the higher education in the country under the leadership of Prof Dr
Attaur Rahman, the government is trying to compel him to resign by discontinuing
the HEC funds. On the other hand, government intends to appoint President
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Dr
Jawaid Leghri' as HEC chief," he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that
since the establishment of the HEC, it has launched a number of projects
including award of 2,500 fellowships to young scientists for PhD level studies
in foreign universities, setting up of digital library providing access to about
23,000 international journals and 35,000 textbooks from 220 publishers. The HEC
is also embarking on a series of reforms, such as improving conditions of
universities, quality of research publications, curbing such evils as plagiarism
and similar other weaknesses noticed at the institutional level.
A KU
official, on condition of anonymity, said the Eid advance loan facility was used
by hundreds of the employees, including academic staff, to fulfil their needs
but this year they could not avail this facility.
General Secretary Employees
Welfare Association Karachi University, Farid Ahmed Siddiqui, said that there were more than 1,700 non-academic employees working
at the varsity, while amongst them hundreds of the workers avail this
opportunity on the Eid. "This year unavailability of this facility will
aggravate their miseries, keeping in view the current price-hike, which has
increased by two hundred per cent", he said. The Nation
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KUTS to observe Black Day today
Karachi: The Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) has expressed dissatisfaction
over the foot dragging of the KU administration on the action against the
students who misbehaved with the teachers on August 26. They have also roundly
criticised the security arrangement of the university, that, according to the
KUTS was unplanned and its personnel acted in rude manner with the respectable
people at the gates.
The KUTS has decided to observe a 'Black Day' today
(Thursday) after its ultimatum to the administration for strict action against
the offending students and better security arrangements inside the campus
expired on Wednesday.
Campus Security Advisor Dr Khalid Iraqi said that
the action (Black Day) by the teachers was their point of view but the fact was
that KU Security was trying hard to perform well given the available
infrastructure and the personnel. "Sindh Home Department has allowed us to make
the four gates of the university operative. We are allowing only pedestrian
traffic from Silver Jubilee gate. We are also improving the arrangements at the
Maskan gate. We are moving further inside to erect our checkpoint in an
abandoned building. Phone facility will be given and parking space will also be
available", he gave details. The News
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Exiled student leader wants to return home
Karachi: Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) student leader Qadir Bux Jatoi, who was forced into exile 28 years ago
during Ziaul Haq's tenure, has contacted the Sindh High Court (SHC) and alleged
in his application that the exile and military court were illegal, so he should
be allowed to return to his homeland.
As a result, the SHC bench,
comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Bin Yamin Khan, issued
notices to the federal home secretary, provincial home secretary, Hyderabad jail
superintendent and the military court on Wednesday. Jatoi, who has been in
Sweden for the past 28 years, has filed a petition through Barrister Zameer
Ghumro. He has alleged that he and Ali Haider Shah were wrongly accused of
hijacking a Pakistan International Airlines flight in 1981 and then forcibly
sent to Damascus. The applicant further said that he and Shah were also blamed
for the student riots at Sindh University, Mehran University and Liaquat Medical
College, Jamshoro. The riots ensued after soldiers misbehaved with Shireen
Soomro, a student of the Peoples Medical College, Nawabshah. During the
protests, an army vehicle was attacked, leaving one soldier dead and two
injured.
The applicant also claimed that he and Shah were arrested in
1978, within two months of the riots, and the military court sentenced Shah to
25 years in prison, while Jatoi received 14 years.
In his petition, Jatoi
said that the PIA airplane was hijacked during their time in prison and as per
the demands of the hijackers, he and Shah were sent to Damascus. It is important
to mention that many student leaders during those protests have gone on to
secure important positions in the government, media and judiciary. Prominent
amongst them are present Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza, Khadim Lakhair,
Abdullah Arain, Khan Muhammad Laghari, Ghulam Nabi Khushk, Nazar Muhammad
Junejo, Abu Bakar Zardari, Mataro Daheri, Shabir Lakho, Ghazi Salahuddin,
Sarfaraz Memon, Inayatullah Hisbani and certain others. Daily Times
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