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PU Syndicate to 'revisit' verdict in plagiarism case
Lahore, April 26: The Punjab University Syndicate on
Saturday decided to revisit its decision regarding handing down
"compulsory retirement" to Institute of Chemistry's Prof Dr Zaid Mahmood
on plagiarism charges. Sources in the Syndicate said that
the statutory body had revoked its March 29 decision and decided the
orders issued to Prof Mahmood regarding compulsory retirement would be
withdrawn. Sources said some Syndicate members expressed their
reservations about the decision as the administration presented March 29
meeting proceedings for approval. Syndicate member Dr Asmatullah
said that he had also submitted his note of dissent, challenging the
body's decision. Besides adoption of proper procedures, he said that he
had also stated that the accused had appeared before the Syndicate in
person and explained his case duly endorsed by relevant documents and
"none of Syndicate members dared to cross examine him". Sources
said the Syndicate decided it should seek technical expert report and
advice from the Higher Education Commission in plagiarism case. The HEC
representative, who was not present in the March 29 meeting, said the
commission had a specialised Quality Assurance Cell and it should have
been consulted before taking the drastic decision. Law College
The Syndicate also held the Selection Board's recommendation regarding
appointment of Dr Shazia Qureshi as associate professor in the PU Law
College in abeyance because the aggrieved teachers had filed an
intra-court appeal in the Lahore High Court that was pending
adjudication. Upon pointing out that PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr
Mujahid Kamran had also issued orders regarding the appointment of Dr
Qureshi as PU Law College principal using his emergency powers, the VC
withdrew the agenda item of his anticipatory order regarding the
posting. Two aggrieved teachers -- Samee Ozair Khan and Dr Shahbaz
Ahmad Cheema -- had also submitted a presentation to Syndicate chairman
and members, before the start of the meeting, against the election
board's verdict on the associate professor post in PU Law College. PU
spokesman said the varsity administration had withdrawn the agenda item
of Dr Shazia's appointment as Law College principal because a Syndicate
member had pointed out that the two aggrieved teachers had filed an
intra court appeal against the Selection Board decision. He said the
Lahore High Court had earlier dismissed the two teachers' petition on
merit. It may be mentioned that the tenure of three elected
representatives of university faculty had ended. The teachers'
representatives were: Associate Prof Dr Asmatullah, Assistant Prof Javed
Sami and Lecturer Shamaila Gull. Sources claimed that the
varsity administration would hold elections for representatives of
lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors and professors on
Syndicate by the end of next month. Dawn
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Naeemi retained as PU Syndicate member
Lahore: The Punjab Governor has re-appointed renowned
religious scholar Maulana Muhammad Raghab Hussain Naeemi as member of
Punjab University Syndicate with immediate effect for a period of three
years. Maulana Naeemi's appointment was notified on April 3.
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PU results
Lahore: Punjab University (PU) Examinations Department has announced results of MSc
Home Economics, Part-I, Annual Examination 2013, and BS in Computer
Science, Third Year, 2nd Annual Examination 2012, and 1st Annual
Examination 2013. Detailed results are available on PU website www.pu.edu.pk.
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Exam schedule
Lahore: Punjab University Examinations Department has issued the revised schedules for
submission of admission fee & forms for LLB Part-I, II & III
annual examination 2014. According to a press release here on Thursday,
the last date for submission of admission forms with single fee is
6-5-14, 7-5-14 and 8-5-14 respectively while the forms can be submitted
with double fee till 13-5-2014. Commencement dates of the said exams are
June 16, 17 and 18, 2014 respectively.
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PU teacher compulsorily retired for plagiarism
Lahore: The Punjab University administration has issued orders of compulsory
retirement of Dr Zaid Mahmood, now former professor of Institute of
Chemistry, according to the decision of Syndicate on the charges of
plagiarism. According to a press release here on
Thursday, an Institute of Chemistry's professor had filed a complaint
against Dr Zaid Mahmood alleging that he had plagiarized material from
the foreign research papers while the PU Syndicate was yet to take a
decision in another case of plagiarism against Dr Zaid Mahmood. An
inquiry committee compared original sources and Dr Zaid's research
papers and found that most of the material was plagiarized. In the last
recent meetings of the Syndicate, the plagiarism issue was discussed at
length. In the 1705th meeting, held on February 1 this year, the
Syndicate decided to serve show-cause notice to Dr Zaid Mahmood under
PEEDA Act and awarded him with the opportunity of personal hearing in
the next meeting. On the next meeting, held on March 29, Dr Zaid Mahmood
appeared before the Syndicate members in person but could not defend
his case. Later, the Syndicate, after analyzing the relevant record,
found that Dr Zaid had plagiarized research articles and decided to
penalize him with compulsory retirement. Therefore, major penalty of
compulsory retirement as mentioned in Section 4(b)(iv) of PEEDA Act,
2006 is imposed upon Dr Zaid Mahmoomd and PU VC Dr Mujahid Kamran has
issued orders in this regard vide diary no D/40/VC dated 15-04-2014
according to the decision of Syndicate.
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PU date sheets
Lahore: Punjab University's Examinations Department issued written date sheets for
various examinations on Monday. These exams include MCom (3 1/2 Years
Programme) Part-I (1st Year) second annual examination 2013, MCom (3 1/2
Years Programme) Part-II (2nd Year) second annual examination 2013,
MCom (3 1/2 Years Programme) Part-III (3rd Year) second annual
examination 2013, MBA (3 1/2 Years Programme) Part-I (1stYear) second
annual examination 2013, MBA (3 1/2 Years Programme) Part-II (2nd Year)
second annual examination 2013, MBA (3 1/2 Years Programme) Part-III
(3rd Year) second annual examination 2013 and Doctor of Pharmacy
(Pharm.D) Third Professional 2nd annual examination 2013. Details are
available on PU website www.pu.edu.pk.
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PU job fair
Laohre: Punjab University's College of Information Technology (PUCIT) organised a job
fair on its campus to provide employment opportunities to its students. A large number of students participated in the fair who were interviewed by 32 international companies.
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Five PhDs awarded
Lahore: Punjab University has awarded PhD degrees to five scholars in different subjects. According
to a press release, Malik Bashir Ahmad s/o Abdullah Khan has been
awarded a PhD degree in the subject of Education after the approval of
his thesis titled "Development of A Supervisory Model for Pubic
Secondary Schools of Pakistan", Ayesha Siddiqui d/o Mushtaq Ahmed
Siddiqui in the subject of Art and Design after the approval of her
thesis titled "Evolution of Geometric Forms in Western and Pakistani
Painting: An Introvert Artist's Perspective", Farzana Kishwar d/o Ali
Bahadur in the subject of Home Economics, Sadia Gulzar d/o Gulzar
Hussain in the subject of Islamic Studies and Muhammad Rafiq s/o Ghulam
Ghaus in the subject of Urdu after the approval of his thesis titled
"Concept of Hero in Urdu Novel (Analytic and Critical Study)".
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PU results
Lahore: Punjab University (PU) Examinations Department announced results of BS in
Computer Science, First and Second Year, 2nd Annual Examination 2012,
and 1st Annual Examination 2013 on Monday. Results are available on PU
website www.pu.edu.pk.
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'English language: an opportunity, a challenge
Lahore: English language comes to Pakistan as an opportunity and as a challenge,
enabling people to connect to the world and adapt to the idea of
universality and to invest time, energy and resources to bring a large
number of underprivileged segment of the society to first understand and
then be part of the mainstream professionals to fully compete in the
market. This was amongst the conclusions of a day-long
symposium titled "Humanities in English: Literature, Language,
Linguistics and Criticism" arranged by the Faculty of Humanities and the
Department of English at the Forman Christian College in collaboration
with the British Council on Thursday. The symposium dilated on the very
critical theoretical, conceptual and practical aspects of English
language learning and its applicability in the socio-political and
educational context. The discussions and researches put forth ranged
from the state of English language usage in Pakistan to the topics as
interesting as truck art. The symposium was opened by Dr James Tebbe,
Rector FCC along with Dr Waseem Anwar, Dean of Humanities, and Dr Nukbah
Langah, Chairperson, English Department. The symposium had two
sessions. In the morning session, after the plenary and keynote
addresses, the floor opened with a discussion by Prof Shaista Sonnu,
Former Chairperson of Department of English, Punjab University, and Dr
Waseem Anwar on the topic 'English Studies and Pakistan'. Both dilated
on the various aspects and dimensions, linking language to learning in
the local context. Then Haris Bin Munawar, Aneela Bushra and Dr Mark
Boone gave their presentation on 'English Literary Theory and the
Language/s of Art' followed by Quratulaen Liaqat, Waqar Azeem, Dr Kamal
ud din, Faiza Zaheer and Tooba Fatima's presentation on 'English
Literariness and Critical Approaches." Speaking on the occasion, Waqar
Azeem argued that legal discourse should be employed to analyze
workplace violence in Muhammad Hanif's 'Our Lady of Alice Bhatti'. He
said workplace violence was rampant in Pakistan which was an indicator
of humanitarian crisis. He tried to establish that legal approach could
be used as a critical approach to interpret fiction. The second session
opened with a presentation on English beyond Humanities: A Dialogue' by
Dr Yaqoob Bangash (of History), Qalandar Memon (of Political Science)
and Anita Saleem (of Psychology). Interdisciplinary approaches to
English language and cultural imperialist theories were presented. The
speakers reflected on the need for looking at the language from
different perspectives, instead of dogmatizing it or viewing it
necessary through the prism of theories such as imperialism and
neo-imperialism. Dr Bangash, citing examples from history, particularly
emphasized that viewing language overly through theories ignores another
perspective; and that it taking language from a historical perspective -
on the basis of ground facts as to how different languages in different
eras were in vogue and how they opened up vistas of opportunities for
the people on a common level.
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Class-5, 8 students with 20pc marks pass exams
Lahore: After two weeks of Class-5 and Class-8 results, the Punjab School Education
Department finally issued a notification allowing all students who
scored 20 percent marks in each subject to be declared pass
provisionally. The students would be eligible to be moved
to next grades. Interestingly, the department also notified that the
provisionally passed students will have to pass the failed subject(s) in
the school examination to be conducted in summer vacation. A
number of teachers, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the
condition was quite illogical as no school head would wish that students
of their schools failed in school exams as it would expose their
performance. They said the notification was a mere
formality and an attempt to cover up the mess created by the Punjab
Examination Commission (PEC). Meanwhile, in a press
release the Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) once again demanded the Punjab
government to take action against PEC officials for a mess created by
them in conduct of exams and preparation of results. The
PTU leaders said it was unjust that the government was taking action
against teachers on the basis of PEC exams results. They termed the PEC a
complete failure and a controversial organisation. The news
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LUMS polls
Lahore: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
students elected the office-bearers of their new executive students'
council on Tuesday. As per results, Salar Khan was elected
president, Rana Musa Tahir secretary general and Maria Hasan was elected
vice president of the body.
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Seven injured in students' clash at BZU
Multan: As many as seven students were
injured when a clash erupted between activists of two student
organisations on Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) campus here on
Tuesday. Office-bearers of both the Muslim Students Federation
(MSF) and the People's Students Federation (PSF) blamed the activists of
each others' bodies for the clash. MSF President Munawar Khan alleged the PSF activists attacked on those of his organisation after exchange of harsh words. He
said one of the MSF activists, Asad Gondal, was injured by the PSF
activists. Later, he said, the MSF activists gathered and they clashed
with the rivals. He said four PSF activists were also injured in the
clash. On the other hand, PSF south Punjab president Arif Shah
said six activists of his organisation were injured in the clash,
including the campus head Amir, Taha Faheem, Ali Raza, Rana Kamran, Rana
Shafiq and Azeem Langrial. Of them, he said, Ali Raza received a bullet
injury. He said more than 80 'outsiders' called by MSF attacked
the PSF activists at the behest of university administration as his
organisation had taken a strong position on various students' issues,
including the varsity fees. He said the PSF activists were
attacked twice; first at the canteen and then again when they were
protesting outside the administration block. He said the injured
PSF activists were admitted to the hospital and they would submit an
application to the administration for taking legal action against the
MSF 'goons' after getting treatment. BZU Resident Officer Dr
Amanullah said the matter had been sent to disciplinary committee of the
university and action would be taken against those responsible for the
clash. The clash continued for over two hours and the varsity administration had to call police to control the situation. Dawn
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AIMC barred from receiving $10,000 from each student
Lahore: The Lahore High Court on Monday restrained the Allama Iqbal Medical
College, Lahore from collecting 10, 000 dollars each from foreign
students under the head of fee and endowment fund. As the
hearing started, the student's counsel pleaded that the court in its
earlier court had cut the said fee to 5000 dollar per students. He
pointed out that the other medical colleges were not collecting more
than 7000 US dollars but AIMC's administration was compelling the
students to pay 10000 dollars in violation of the court's order. He
requested the court to set aside the college's order otherwise it would
hamper the educational career of medical students. After
hearing the arguments, the court stopped the college's administration
from collecting 10000 dollar and directed students to deposit 5000
dollars each to the deputy judicial registrar. The court also directed
the college's administration not to stop students from continuing their
education.
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UHS result
Lahore: University of Health Sciences (UHS) has announced the result of Final Professional BDS annual examination 2013. According
to a press release on Monday, a total of 432 candidates from 10
affiliated dental colleges appeared in the exam out of which 335 passed
and 94 failed. Result of 03 candidates was put on RL list. The overall
pass percentage remained 78.09%. Ahmad Shoaib s/o Mian Ahmad Saeed of
Lahore Medical and Dental College Lahore got first position securing
639/800 marks. Nayha Enver d/o Tariq Enver of de'Montmorency College of
Dentistry Lahore and Maryam Ahmed d/o Mehmood Ahmed of Nishtar Institute
of Dentistry Multan got second and third positions securing 635/800 and
627/800 marks respectively. Failed candidates can submit their
admission forms on or before May 09, 2014. Supplementary examination
will commence with effect from May 26, 2014. The news
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