Defying the austerity measures of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan is hiring consultants on high salaries, Academia learned on Monday. According to reliable sources at HEC, the Commission is hiring around 10 consultants against…
The federal government has allocated funds of Rs29 billion for on-going and new schemes, in comparison to the previous allocation of Rs46 billion to HEC in the budget 2018-19. Out of the total budget allocated by the government, Rs4159.782 million would be spent on new development schemes, while Rs24887.100 million would be used to for the completion of old schemes under National Development Programme 2019-20.