The idea of starting my personal blog overwhelmed my mind for quite some time. Nevertheless, time constraints, pressing professional engagements and increasing academic obligations impeded my progress. At least two of my close associates used to reiterate that they were going to launch their blogs, inviting me to contribute to …

Universities are autonomous bodies having a complex organizational structure. A uniform Act, diverging statutes, elusive rules and cumbersome regulations are the hallmarks of the statutory business in the public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Serious efforts were undertaken in the past to revise the prevailing Statutes, Rules and Regulations in …

In the public sector universities in Pakistan, many times, situations of conflict of interest arise while dealing with the business of fresh hiring, projects management, procurement, consultancy, examinations and civil work where employees handling with these critically important and sensitive tasks have competing interests or changing loyalties used to be …

University portrays a distinct form of organizational structure for its widely represented powerful governing bodies and the presence of a top-down hierarchy. Universities are academic institutions supposed to have a long-term vision, mission, purpose, goals and objectives, nevertheless, these are getting professional bureaucracies accustomed to time-consuming decision-making processes followed by …

Universities are complex entities. Its governance is far more intricate than the public sector administration. There is a lack of deep understanding about the ways in which the public sector universities in Pakistan are regulated, managed and governed. Outside the ivory tower of academia, very little is known about it. …