July 16, 2021
LAHORE : Punjab University’s Syndicate in its meeting held here Thursday recommended Rs12.6 billion budget for the approval of the university’s Senate for the year 2021-2022.
The PU Syndicate meeting was presided over by Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice, Justice Ameer Bhatti and chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmed.
Despite facing serious financial pressure amid COVID-19, PU Syndicate decided to continue providing scholarships and subsidies to the students so that burden on the pockets of students and their parents could be reduced.
On the directions of the VC for increase in PU’s international ranking and socio-economic impact research, the Syndicate allocated Rs263 million. PU would also continue overseas scholarship scheme for teachers. The university has allocated Rs68 million for participation in moots. The meeting was told the university faced a deficit of Rs585 million which would be managed by reducing expenditures and adopting austerity me