Parliamentarians Watchdog Directs Chairman Capital Administration And Development Division (CDA) To Demarcate Quaid-e-University (QAU) Land Within Three Days

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training Monday again directed the Capital Administration and Development Division (CDA) to demarcate land of Quaid-e-University (QAU) within three days.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Apr, 2018 ) :The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training Monday again directed the Capital Administration and Development Division (CDA) to demarcate land of Quaid-e-University (QAU) within three days.

The education body also directed the Chairman CDA to present the report after demarcation to the committee without delay. The committee meeting was held at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi under the Chairmanship of MNA Dr Amirullah Marwat which also attended by the Minister for Education Engr Muhammad Baligh ur Rahman, MNA's Ch Hamid Hameed, Musarat Zaib, Muhammad Nazir Khan, Shahida Rehmani, Asyia Naz Tanoli and other concerned officials.

The committee will also visit the QAU to check the process of demarcation of land by CDA, Amirullah Marwat added. Chairman Committee further said that the inquiry report against the Vice Chancellor of the QAU should have completed in ten days and added it was not good sign to send him on further 21 days force leave.

He said that Pakistan's ranked No 1 university should not be run without a permanent VC. The committee discouraged the students of QAU for creating hurdles in educational activities during the protest and said they should approach the education body to resolve their issues rather than to stop the educational activities.

Minister for Education speaking on the occasion said that keeping students protest aside, such kind of actions by the faculty of QAU was lamentable. The educational body also recommended the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to send the report of irregularities and embezzlement in Swat University to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for further investigation.

During the presentation of Deputy Registrar of Swabi University, the committee directed the Administration of Swabi University for Women to remove the male teaching staff appointed in the university as it violation of the laws and present the report to the committee in seven days.

Amirullah Marwat taking strict action against illegal appointments of the male staff in the Swabi University for Women said the aim behind the establishment of a women university was only to provide harassment free atmosphere to the female students.

He, on the behalf of committee also gave recommendations that the Vice Chancellor of the Swabi University should be removed. The education body was informed that these male lecturers were appointed after terminating the young female teaching staff despite meeting the set criteria.

Baligh ur Rahman while briefing the committee said that the present government after identification through surveys, had launched different educational schemes in the less developed areas of the country to facilitate the students.

These schemes are including Laptop Scheme, Fee Reimbursement Scheme under which thousands of the students were being benefitted, he added. The committee has approved the Bill 2018 with few amendments for the establishment of Institute for Science and Technology Bahawalpur.

The committee recommended that HEC should be only at federal level while the provinces should suggest other Names for their higher educational institutions at provincial level. "I am in favor of the permanent appointments of VC's of the universities purely on merit basis and through search committees" Amirullah Marwat said and added these VC's should be active.

He also urged for the impartial appointments of the VC's across the universities. Baligh ur Rahman said that the members of search committee established for the appointments of new Chairman HEC had no link with any political party.

At the end, the VC of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University gave a detailed presentation regarding the functions, role, and achievements of the university.