FAISALABAD, May 30: The National Textile University’s (NTU) board of governors will likely to decide the fate of the vice-chancellor, students and the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) in its second meeting on Saturday (today).

It is learnt that board meeting will be held in Lahore and the issues likely to come into consideration are: acceptance of students’ demands, closure of the university for an indefinite period or expulsion of the VC.

Sources said that a report of the fact-finding commission would be the key to decide the fate of the parties concerned and issues pertaining to the NTU. The report is based on the observation of the commission during its one-day visit to the academia.

The commission had visited the university a couple of days ago and held talks with faculty members, administration and students as well. They said all stakeholders had presented their point of view in the discussion regarding the prevailing situation in the academia which had been hampering the educational activities for the last two months.

The university, which has been closed thrice, will resume its educational activities from June 6.

The university’s third time closure was the outcome of a protest drive launched by students against the administration.

Students are demanding accreditation of the university with the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), disbandment of the APTMA, an organizing body of the NTU, and resignation of the VC.

The BoG, sources said, would also thrash out the points raised by the faculty members in a latter sent to the board on May 15 which held the administration responsible for all the fuss created in the university.

Talking to Dawn, scores of students said they would not accept any decision supporting the authoritarian rule.

They said that their demands were genuine and the people who failed to get the PEC accreditation must be shown the door.

The BoG comprises NTU pro-chancellor Anjum M. Saleem, rector Tariq Mehmood and NTU vice-chancellor Vice Admiral Masood M. Biabani (retired). While its members are the APTMA chairman, Mian Mohammad Latif, Ismail Khurram, Khalilul Rehman, Nasir Shafi, Mian Muhammad Saleem, Shahzad Abdullah, Shahzad Ahmed Sheikh, Humayun Naseer Sheikh, LUMS VC, UET’s Lahore VC, Textile Industry Ministry secretary, textile commissioner, representatives of Punjab, the NWFP governments and a Higher Education Commission (HEC) representative.

— Staff Correspondent