SHC restrains search committee from finalising KU VC’s appointment
Karachi
February 5, 2021
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday restrained the search committee from finalising the appointment of the University of Karachi’s (KU) vice chancellor (VC) till verification in respect of the candidates’ credentials and till their 25 research publications are obtained from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC).
The interim order came on a petition of Prof Mohammad Ahmed Qadri and Prof Moonis Ahmer, two of the candidates for the VC’s post, who challenged the selection criteria of the search committee for the appointment of the KU VC.
The Sindh High Court has expressed concern over the excessive extraction of subsoil water and the lifting of minerals, observing that the level of subsoil water has dropped to a dangerous level.