Illegal affiliation of law colleges: BZU approves dismissal of registrar as per SC order.

LAHORE -- The syndicate of Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan, has approved dismissal of its registrar while implementing the Supreme Court's decision in the private law colleges scam.

Since the apex court has also dismissed the vice chancellor, the syndicate has referred the case to the Punjab governor for a final decision. In February, a three-judge SC bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan ordered the dismissal of the BZU vice chancellor and registrar in the light of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) report on the private law colleges scam worth Rs459 million.

The FIA report has named a number of officials of the university management for their alleged involvement in the illegal affiliation of law colleges, students enrolment beyond the allocated seats, embezzlement of amount pertaining to forged fee vouchers, double registration of students and fake attendance certificates etc.

The syndicate meeting was held in the committee room of the campus on Saturday. The meeting was presided over by acting VC Prof Dr Muhammad Ali Shah while other members including retired Justice Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi, Prof Dr Zialul Qayyum, Khawja Jalaluddin Rumi, Dr Shumaila Khaliq, Dr Farhat Zafar, Registrar Zubair Ahmad Khan, Director (finance) Shahsawar, Prof Dr Muhammad Aziz, Controller Dr Ammanullah, Dr Asia Zulfiqar, Dr Usman Saleem and Sajid Tufail were also present.

Case of VC's removal referred to governor

The SC decision of dismissal of BZU registrar Sohaib Rashid was presented before the syndicate and all the members unanimously approved the implementation of the court order and removed the registrar from the post.

The syndicate unanimously approved the last selection board minutes about promotion and appointments of teachers, appointment of additional deputy registrar, controller and treasurer.

The meeting also constituted a committee to investigate and audit the distance learning programme corruption cases.

The syndicate approved the...