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Three public sector universities have surrendered to the Punjab Higher Education Department the services of 139 teaching and non-teaching staff working on deputation. File
LAHORE: Three public sector universities have surrendered to the Punjab Higher Education Department the services of 139 teaching and non-teaching staff working on deputation.
The move follows an HED order to public sector universities to surrender college cadre by June 30 otherwise the department would not release funds for their salaries. Of them,115 were working with the Lahore College for Women University, nine with the Government College University and 15 with the University of Education. According to a senior official, colleges across Punjab needed 22,000 teachers but only 14,000 were available. Similarly, the HED faced a shortage of around 9,000 non-teaching staff.