HEC’s Search Committees challenged in LHC

Author: Staff Report

The formation of Search Committees by the Higher Education Commission, on the direction of Government of the Punjab, for appointment of vice chancellors of various universities in Punjab has been challenged in the Lahore High Court.

Justice Muzzamil Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to the respondents and sought comments from the Punjab Government. Petitioner Zohaib Imran Shiekh, through his lawyer, has pleaded that under the rules presence of technical person is must in the Search Committees, but there are no are technical persons in the Search Committees appointed by the Punjab Government.

This decision of the Punjab Government and appointment of Search Committees should be declared null and void. It is pertinent to mention that many faculty members and senior professors of different universities have voiced serious concerns on the formation of the Search Committees.

Published in Daily Times, March 19th 2019.

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