Public Policy

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),…

The PTI Government’s plan to establish a university in the Prime Minister’s House shall be trashed soon.

The announcement made by one of the ministers of the PML-N-led coalition government to scrap the projects initiated by the PTI Government including the widely publicized scheme of establishment of a state-of-the-art international level university…

The startling ramifications of the proposed amendments in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities’ Act.

To be tabled in the Provincial Assembly over the next few days, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities (Amendment) Act 2021 is intended to introduce some grave changes in the legislation enacted by the Government of Khyber…

The 05 key areas where the PTI government failed to deliver with respect to universities’ governance in Pakistan

In the previous blog post, ‘02 years performance of PTI Government and miserable condition of universities in Pakistan’, some of the major areas where the incumbent government flunked to deliver on, were listed. This blog…

The 02 years performance of PTI Government and miserable condition of universities in Pakistan

The PTI Government came to power with some dazzling slogans, eye-popping promises and amazingly impressive commitments to mesmerise the electorates. One such catchy line was to establish a world-class university in the Prime Minister House….