Walkout from KU syndicate meeting over professor’s appointment
Karachi
April 11, 2021
Faculty members walked out of the University of Karachi’s (KU) syndicate meeting on Saturday over a controversy on the appointment of a professor.
The syndicate meeting, which was chaired by KU Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Khalid Iraqi, also approved the termination of services of four teachers of the varsity, including Hafsa Nasar, Saba Masood, Asma Khan and Tasneem Akhter as they had been absent from the service for long. It was also decided that the varsity would make recovery from them within six months.
Heated arguments, however, were exchanged between syndicate members over the selection of Dr Saleha Rehman who had applied for the post of professor in the zoology department. Some of the syndicate members were of the view that the number of Dr Saleha’s publications appeared in the BASR and HEC journals was 12 till the last date of advertisement, and hence, she could not be hired as a
‘Benazir spent her entire life empowering democracy’
National
December 28, 2020
KARACHI: Leaders like Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir Bhutto are born in centuries. They sacrificed their lives for empowering democracy in Pakistan, and the whole world appreciates their role.
University of Karachi (KU) acting vice chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi expressed these views while addressing a programme held to pay tribute to Benazir on her 13th death anniversary.
The event was held at KU’s Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Chair (SMBBC), which had been established to share her vision through research on her life and political struggle.
Dr Iraqi said that living nations never forget national leaders like them. “Some personalities in our country have made history, and Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was certainly one of them.”