- General body elects new executive body members
LAHORE: The Punjab University Council of Professionals (PU-CoPs) general body on Friday strongly censured the PU administration for its flawed administrative, economic, and academic policies that tarnished the hard-earned image of the alma mater and faculty.
The well-attended meeting held at the University Club brainstormed on the key issues faced by the varsity. The meeting discussed different issues including: Flawed admission policy, Issues related to delays in salaries and pensions, Delay in research incentive/performance awards and research grants, Withdrawal of vacancies advertisement, Incomplete admissions, Failure to declare BA/Associate Degree result which caused incomplete admissions in semester 5, Town 3 corruption scam, NAB referral of the case to PU admin and its silence over it, Anti-Corruption Establishment lodging FIRs, ongoing investigations in various cases, raids on university teachers’ residences, and silence of University Administration.
On the occasion, the PU-CoPs leaders said that the absence of a regular Vice Chancellor’s absence for the past 16 months caused serious financial, academic, and administrative problems. “The incumbent administration neither cut the non-development expenditure nor new resources of revenue generation were generated”, the participants expressed, regretting that rather a new sub-campus of the University was opened merely on a “political basis.”
They demanded a complete audit report of the University accounts and balance sheet. The PU CoPs also warned the administration to refrain from privatising/ leasing University assets to ‘blue-eyed ones’ for the fabricated financial needs of the University.
The PU-COPs leaders stressed that expenditures on building for a specific person need to be altered for more comprehensive use.
Non provision of 15% Disparity Allowance to grade 1-19 and 25% to 20 &21 despite approvals from Syndicate and Senate, and dismal performance of ASA dominantly by Academic Front for resolving community issues was also discussed.
New body elected
Earlier, the general body paid tribute to the former president of the Council Prof Dr Khalid Hussain, and elected new executive body through voting.
Prof Dr Muhammad Nasir (Persian) was elected as President; Dr Sardar Asghar Iqbal (Kashmiryat) Senior Vice President; Prof Dr Farah Rauf Shakoori (Zoology) Vice President; Prof Dr Syed Amir Mehmood (Space Science) Vice President; Dr Amjad Abbas Magsi (Pak.St.) Secretary; Dr Shabbir Sarwar (Journalism) Secretary Information; Dr Ahmad Suhail Lodhi (IER) Joint Secretary and Dr Moazam Ali (SBB) Secretary Finance.
Furthermore, for consultation on crunch issues, an Advisory Committee consisting of senior faculty members was also constituted.
