By Muhammad Faisal Kaleem

ISLAMABAD: Perhaps the rules did not matter for the country’s top academic institution — Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) as despite clear directions from its supreme bodies known as the Syndicate and the Selection Board (SB), the post of “Professor” is intended to be filled without taking into account the fundamental rules. According to information available with […]

ISLAMABAD: The speculations among the officials of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) regarding the appointment of its new chief, appears on the verge of being abolished as the administration proposed nominee for the slot, Daily Times has learnt reliably. Well informed sources both in the FDE and the Capital Administration & Development Division (CA&DD) […]

ISLAMABAD: A professor at the International Islamic University (IIU) Islamabad, Muhammad Irfan Khan, has sought the help of the Civil Court against female faculty members, who have alleged that Khan was harassing them during an internal meeting of the university. The four female Assistant Professors at the Department of Environmental Sciences (DES) namely: Maliha Asma, […]

ISLAMABAD: The top educational monitoring body known as the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has failed to achieve its own planned targets under the Medium Term Development Framework-II (MTDF) 2010-15, Daily Times learnt reliably. The documents obtained by this correspondent reveal that the HEC in 2010 had devised a MTDF in which the commission planed to […]

ISLAMABAD: Country’s top ranked educational institution, the Quaid-i-Azam Universality (QAU) is helpless before land-grabbers, as 210 acres land is under encroachment by locals and influential politicians as the 56 Kanals of land is only under occupation of former chairman senate, said the Vice Chancellor (VC) of the varsity. VC Dr Javed Ashraf was addressing a […]

ISLAMABAD: While reception of no help from the cabinet ministers, the CDA and city administration the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has sought help from NAB, for evacuation of land grabbed by various influential personalities, Daily Times has learnt. According to a letter written by Vice Chancellor (VC) Javed Ashraf to Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Qamar […]

  ISLAMABAD: No rules at International Islamic University (IIU) while awarding PhD degrees as one of its students submitted thesis for doctoral degree in 11 months instead 24 months as per prescribed rules and regulations. According to the documents available with Daily Times, Muhammad Arshad Zia got his doctorate in the Mathematics from IIU in […]

ISLAMABAD: A couple of young scientists — Dr. Rabaab Zahra, 33 and Dr. Syed Sikander Azam, 34 have appeared as a source of huge revenue generation for the Quaid-e-Azam (QAU) through their research work, Daily Times has learnt. Dr. Zahra microbiology, has won multiple international research grants in pursuance of her research on “drug resistance […]

ISLAMABAD: Despite clear directions from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), the higher management of the International Islamic University (IIU) is reluctant to take action against a plagiarist faculty member. Instead of action being taken against him, he has been given the additional charge of the chairmanship of the department and this has resulted in a […]

ISLAMABAD: Despite clear directions from its prime decision body known as the syndicate, the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) has upheld amount to invest Rs 160 million in a low ranked commercial bank, Daily Times has learnt. According to available documents, the QAU in 2015 deposited Rs 160 million in the Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) Sector G-9 […]