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HYDERABAD, May 23: The founding chairman of the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA), Professor Liaquat Aziz, and former secretary general Professor Mohammad Siddique Unnar have appealed to the MQM chief to instruct the Sindh governor, and offices of the party not to interfere in the matters of the board examinations and work relating to examinations was assigned only on the basis of merit and seniority.
In a fax massage sent to the MQM chief, Professor Aziz and Professor Unnar said that a perception existed in the minds of Sindhi people that the Sindh governor, who was the controlling authority of the educational boards, was protecting the interests of one ethnic group.
They said that the majority of important posts in Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Sukkur and Mirpurkhas boards of education were occupied by members of one ethnic group, most of whom were retired officers of education department.
They complained that MQM office-bearers in these places were issuing orders on issues pertaining to the education boards.
The professors alleged that in the ongoing intermediate examinations, invigilators, external superintendent and other staff had been appointed at the instance of MQM, majority of whom belong to one ethnic group.
They said this had generated a lot of unrest among the college teachers and which could prove harmful to the unity of the permanent residents of the Sindh province. They appealed to the MQM chief to intervene in the matter.
MUET: The Central Working Development Party (CWDP) has approved mega project phase-I at a cost of Rs472 million of Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, which is the only interior university of Pakistan to get its project approved. Mehran university authorities said here on Monday that the CDWP took the decision at a meeting held on May 20 in Islamabad chaired by Dr.Akram Sheikh, deputy chairman Planning Commission.
The university claimed that this achievement was made possible because of continuous improvement in academic standards and research activities, enhanced enrolment and excellent reports by monitoring team on implementation of previous projects.
The instant project also includes 20 PhD scholarships. The meeting of the CWDP was also attended by Professor Dr.Abdul Qadeer Khan Rajput, vice chancellor of the university alongwith Engineer G.S.Kandhir Project Director and Adviser Planning and Development MUET, Jamshoro.
LUMHS: Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro, here on Monday, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the School of Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK With the signing of this MoU, both the universities will cooperate with each other in promoting research, development of academics and research quality in public health and epidemiology, obstetrics and gynaecology and other related specialities.
Development of links between the relevant departments of the two universities will also be explored which will usher in an era for development of academics and research at LUMHS, Jamshoro.
