The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s recent increase in ministerial perks contrasts sharply with its push for public universities to achieve financial self-sufficiency through stringent measures. This disparity in funding priorities raises concerns about the government’s commitment to higher education. While universities are urged to be self-reliant, provincial minsters benefit from enhanced privileges, reflecting an imbalanced approach. Aligning policies to support educational institutions equitably could strengthen KP’s socio-economic future.

This blog post discusses how the universities’ employees’ protest demonstration to press for their genuine demands of salary increase and allocation of sufficient funds to the universities has adversely impacted the academic life in the universities and what the government should do to resolve the issue on war footings.