ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa said on Wednesday that universities are the future of the country, but they are being systematically undermined.
The judge’s high praise came after the Higher Education Commission (HEC) reported to the Supreme Court that 66 universities across the country were without permanent vice-chancellors.
A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by CJP Isa, while hearing a case on the lack of permanent vice-chancellors in the country’s universities, expressed outrage over the issue and sought incomplete information on the matter. progress report in one month.
In the report submitted to the EC, it was read that there are a total of 154 state universities in the country, and 66 of them have additional vice-chancellor posts assigned to various officials or vacant.
According to the report, 24 of the 29 public universities in the federal capital have permanent vice-chancellors, five of which do not.
Half of the 10 public universities in Balochistan have vice-chancellors, while the rest have acting ones.
According to the report, of the 32 public universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 10 have permanent vice-chancellors, 16 hold the position as additional charges and six do not.
Similarly, of the 49 public universities in Punjab, 20 have permanent and 29 vice-chancellors.
According to the report, 24 out of 29 public universities in Sindh have permanent vice-chancellors, while five have ex-officio officers.
Fed up with these figures, the CJP said that the employees of the education department are sitting without work.
“Everything in this country is slowly falling apart,” he said.
CJP Isa further said that Pakistan would rank first in the world if statistics on abusive language and discrimination were released.
He said that some people are destroying schools that they claim to follow Islam, and the government even went so far as to negotiate with them.
“Just as PIA [Pakistan International Airlines] was destroyed, public sector universities were also destroyed.”
CJP Isa was angry and asked why the names were hidden from the public. “Is there any enmity with them [people]?”
He also asked whether this could be a violation of the nuclear code or the Official Secrets Act.
The top judge said that the salary was paid from the community tax and then continued to hide the information.
He continued to hide everywhere so that he could mark his people.
“Maybe MPA relatives should be nominated?”
JJP says only the education sector and the whole country will do well.
DK seeks details on the ratio of academic and non-academic staff in universities. The apex court has sought the details of the supervisor’s examination and the vacancy of the director of finance as well as the budget from these universities. Later, the case was adjourned indefinitely.
Varsities ‘systematically’ being destroyed: CJP
