Arsalan Haider
The Punjab Government and private universities have agreed on resolving the outstanding issue of irregular sub-campuses following an intervention by Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Thursday.
Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun on Tuesday said that promotion of industry-academia linkages was key to resolving social problems and uplifting the country’s economy. He was addressing the inaugural session of 7th International Conference on Research in Education (ICORE-19) titled “Teachers Education: 21st Century Challenges” on Tuesday.
The Governor of Punjab/Chancellor of University of Education Ch. Muhammad Sarwar has inaugurated the Mega Project for strengthening the Main Campus of the University of Education, on Monday.
Farooq Malik, a teacher of English in Government Postgraduate College has requested Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar to initiate an inquiry into the appointment of Prof Ashfaq Lodhi as Punjab HED deputy secretary on political grounds. Per the sources, appointment of DS was made due to political pressure of Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun, as he was ministers’ class fellow in Aitchison College, Lahore.