Karachi
March 16, 2021
Dr Shakeel-ur-Rehman Farooqui, associate professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Karachi, passed away on Monday morning at the age of 61.
His colleagues said he had been admitted in a private hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 a few weeks ago, but due to other complications and the severity of his illness, he could not survive.
His funeral prayers were offered after the evening prayers at Jamia Masjid Ibrahim, which is located on campus, following which he was buried at the university’s cemetery.
The funeral was attended by KU acting vice chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, Karachi University Teachers Society (KUTS) President Prof Dr Shah Ali Al-Qadr, Jamaat-e-Islami senior leader Dr Meraj Al-Huda Siddiqui, Arts Council President Ahmad Shah, heads of the university’s faculties, and a large number of students and administrative staff members.
Karachi
February 11, 2021
In its campaign against the Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) decision to abolish the two-year bachelor’s and master’s programmes, a Karachi University Teachers Society (Kuts) delegation met Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) convenor Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Wednesday to seek the party’s support in raising the issue.
Headed by its president Prof Dr Shah Ali Ul Qader, the Kuts delegation informed the MQM leaders that the HEC’s decision to abolish the two-year degree programmes is tantamount to playing with the future of students.
“It will affect over 100,000 students every year,” Qader pointed out. He demanded that the HEC’s two-year degree programmes should be reinstated because tens of thousands of students will be unable to complete four-year degree programmes.
CM aide says discontinuation of programmes will affect students from low-income backgrounds the most
Adviser to the Sindh chief minister on universities and boards Nisar Khuhro announced on Wednesday that varsities in the province would continue to offer two-year undergraduate programmes, slamming the federal Higher Education Commission s decision to discontinue the programmes.
Earlier, the HEC had announced the ending of two-year undergraduate programmes, replacing them with semester-based four-year degree programmes. The HEC would not be recognising any two-year Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) degrees awarded after 2018.
Addressing a press conference along with Professor Shah Ali Alqadir of Karachi University Teachers Society, University of Karachi (KU) syndicate member Prof SM Taha and Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association representative Prof Yaqoob Chandio, Khuhro dubbed the HEC s decision an attack on provincial sovereignty.
The Sindh cabinet has decided to create Sindh Medical Commission (SMC) in line with the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) to regulate private medical institutions. File photo courtesy of the CM House
KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet has decided to create Sindh Medical Commission (SMC) in line with the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) to regulate private medical institutions, including their fee structure, in the province, demanding enrolment of 95 per cent students of the province in the medical institutions.
The cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here at the CM House. It was attended by all the provincial ministers, advisers, chief secretary and secretaries concerned.