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.

The KPK cabinet decided to reverse the appointment process for Vice-Chancellors at 19 public universities and re-advertise the positions. The PTI government challenged the caretaker government's authority to appoint VCs, leading to this decision. The higher education department is awaiting the cabinet meeting minutes before advertising the vacancies. This blog post takes a look and discuss the mater at length.

This blog post examines how the financial assistance by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the 06 selected Universities left some leading universities in the province such as Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar in the lurch.

This blog post delineates some of the major changes made in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities’ Act 2012 through the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities’ (Amendment) Act, 2015. This article further discusses the strengths and weakness of these amendments offering some fresh insight to the policymakers and academic leaders in order to make the new (proposed) amendments in the same Act more effective.

This blog post is aimed at underlining some of the pressing challenges confronted by the public sector in Pakistan so that the newly appointed academic heads pay special attention to address it. These mainly embrace: i). prevailing administrative vacuum, ii). Looming financial crunch, iii). Digitalization and iv). Politically motivated meddling in the universities’ affairs.

This article takes stock of the financial health of the institutions of higher education in Pakistan, how it is getting worse and how the overall governance and financial sustainability of the public sector universities is becoming cumbersome.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, came to power with a promise of significant reforms across various sectors, including education. As we mark the two-year performance of the PTI government, it is crucial to evaluate its impact on the higher education landscape in Pakistan. Despite the ambitious goals set forth, universities across the country continue to face severe challenges, including inadequate funding, infrastructural deficits, and academic inefficiencies. This blog post delves into the current state of universities in Pakistan, examining the extent to which the PTI government's policies have influenced their performance and addressing the ongoing struggles that continue to hinder educational progress.

The blog post is aimed at bringing to the limelight three important challenges, the newly appointed academic heads should pay particular attention to. These include financial crises, digitalization and political intervention in the universities affairs.

In this blog post, the merits and demerits of proposed amendments in KPK Universities’ Act have been discussed with sold recommendations on how the proposed amendments can be made viable, realistic and executable.

This blog post delineates some of the major changes brought to the individual universities Acts through the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities’ Act 2012. It puts to the spotlight pros and cons of these amendments offering some deeper insight to the policymakers and academic leaders, to learn from the past experiences so as to make the proposed amendments more tenable and workable.