Appointment of Prof Iraqi as acting KU vice chancellor challenged in SHC
Karachi
March 13, 2021
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the provincial universities and boards department, University of Karachi (KU) and others on a petition against the appointment of the KU acting vice chancellor (VC), Prof Khalid Mahmood Iraqi.
Petitioners Prof Muhammad Ahmed Qadri and Prof Moonis Ahmar had submitted in the petition that Prof Iraqi was illegally appointed as the acting VC of Karachi University in violation of the set precedents and procedure.
They submitted that the acting VC was also an applicant in the ongoing but much delayed process of the appointment of a permanent VC and alleged that during his tenure as the acting VC, he took decisions that could not be taken by an acting VC and he usurped the authority of other authorities of the varsity.