The KPK cabinet’s approval of amendments to the Universities Act, 2012, introduces significant changes to university governance, with the Chief Minister now serving as Chancellor and appointing authority for Vice Chancellors. VCs will have a four-year term while leadership roles in public sector women’s universities from now onwards shall be exclusively for female candidates. These changes aim to streamline oversight and promote inclusivity, though questions remain about university autonomy and transparency in appointments.

This blog post is aimed at providing necessary insight to the academic leaders, government functionaries and policymakers to extend its reform agenda to the higher education sector in Pakistan.

This blog post makes an effort to unearth multiple layers of bureaucratic complexities that impede growth of emerging universities and frustrates academic leadership. Analyses of its root causes and solution deserve to be looked into methodically and intuitively.