Public Policy

How Political Parties in Pakistan Prioritize Higher Education and Universities in their Election Manifestos: A Comparative Look.

Higher education plays a pivotal role in national development and unsurprisingly, it features prominently in the manifestos of various political parties vying for power in the 2024 Pakistani elections. However, the level of prioritization and…

Universities’ Employees hold protest demonstration to press for their genuine demands of salary increase and allocation of sufficient funds to the Universities

Thousands of the teaching faculty, university administrative officers, support staff and non-teaching employees of all caders of different universities staged a protest in the University of Peshawar main campus to press the provincial government for…

Emerging Financial Crisis in the Public Sector Universities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and its deep-rooted ramifications.

The public sector universities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa are reported to be in the grip of a severe financial crunch once again and the three major universities (i.e., University of Peshawar (UoP), Islamia College University, Peshawar (ICUP),…