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Cabinet panel approves giving part of Chashma Canal to Punjab July 3, 2021 LAHORE: The 66th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business was held at Civil Secretariat and it approved many proposals. Punjab Minister for Law and Cooperatives Raja Basharat chaired the meeting while it was attended by the Senior Member Board of Revenue, irrigation secretary, I&C secretary and other officers concerned. The meeting considered legal amendments and drafts proposed by various departments. The meeting approved the proposals and legal amendments, including proposal to hand over lower part of Chashma Right Bank Canal from Wapda to Punjab in the light of the decision of Common Interest Council. It also approved an agreement between the Board of Revenue Punjab and NADRA for online verification of data for issuance of computerized national identity cards, a consultancy agreement with the World Bank to deal with natural disasters and climate change. ....
THE Higher Education Commission (HEC) oversees, regulates and accredits institutions of higher education in the country and their performance. It also publishes lists of recognised universities and degree-awarding institutions and illegal and fake institutions across the country. Advertisements from various ‘universities’ keep appearing in newspapers, inviting applications for enrollment of students and announcing vacancies for teachers. Some of them are the University of Turbat; Benazir Bhutto University, Khairpur Mir’s; Virtual University, Jacobabad; Women University, Swabi; Jinnah Sindh University; Mir Chakar Khan Rind University, Sibi. I wish to know if these universities, and others like them, are recognised by the HEC. If not, can these institutions use the word ‘university’ in their advertisements? Does the HEC keep a check on that? I urge the HEC to publish the latest list of recognised universities without delay. ....