President Dr. Arif Alvi has urged the Federal Urdu University, Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training to expedite the process of appointment of a regular Vice-Chancellor of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology (FUUAST) Karachi. The President made these remarks while chairing a meeting of Federal Urdu University’s Senate at Governor’s House, Karachi, today. The meeting was attended by the Senate members of the University, representative of Ministry of Federal Education and Chairman HEC via video link. President Dr. Arif Alvi urged the Senate of FUUAST to take consensus-based decisions by factoring inputs and suggestions of each member of the senate and relevant stakeholders on matters relating to promotions, non-payment of salaries, appointment of Vice Chancellor and constitution of nomination Committee for next Senate of the University. The meeting also appointed Dr. Muhammad Ziauddin as Acting VC of the University who will continue to perform his duties till the appointment of a regular Vice-Chancellor. The Acting VC will, however, refer the policy-related matters to HEC for legal vetting. The meeting also appointed HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed as Chairperson of the Search committee constituted for the appointment of a regular VC. The committee was advised to proceed on a timeline basis to recommend the appointment of the regular vice-chancellor. The meeting decided that an overview of the decisions would be made after four months.
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