Largest university of Punjab sans VC for a year: PUASA.

LAHORE -- The Punjab University Academic Staff Association Executive Council (PUASA) on Friday demanded appointment of regular vice chancellors (VCs) at seven public sector universities of the province.

These public universities are working without regular VCs for the last several months, causing administrative and academic problems for the faculty, employees and students.

They include Punjab University, University of Okara, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, University of Layyah, Thal University, Bhakkar, Ghazi Khan University, Dera Ghazi Khan and the University of Jhang.

The demand for regular VCs was made in a meeting presided over by PUASA President Prof Dr Azhar Naeem while Secretary Dr Amjad Abbas Khan Magsi moderated the proceedings.

Demands posting of regular VC at six public universities

The participants said the oldest and largest university of the province (PU) was working without a regular VC for about a year. GCU VC Dr Asghar Zaidi held the additional charge of PU VC for three months from November 2022 till January 2023. They said the temporary VC Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar had relinquished his charge after his appointment at Quaid-i-Azam University and the PU was working without a VC for the last one week. They said the VC's absence had created many administrative, financial and academic issues at the university. They demanded the chancellor to take notice of the situation at the PU and ensure appointment of a regular VC and pro VC.

The other universities are also running under stopgap arrangements as Prof Shoukat Malik was...