QAU set to be partially opened after three weeks.

ISLAMABAD -- After almost three weeks, the Quaid-i-Azam University is all set to partially reopen from Monday for M. Phil and PhD students.

After a scuffle between two ethnic student groups that left around two dozen students injured, the university saw closure on Feb 27.

Later, the university management got its hostels vacated from revoked all hostel admissions.

Meanwhile, allotment of hostels was made afresh with a priority being given to female students. Similarly, the university took a highly harsh step of expelling over 70 students and also revoking degrees of some former students for their involvement in the scuffle. The university management however faced criticism being too harsh with the students.

Only M.Phil, PhD students asked to resume classes

On the other hand, this is also a fact that QAU, which is the country's top ranked university is in the grip of ethnic politics and grouping, which results into fights.

Meanwhile, the university some days ago, finally got a regular Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Niaz Ahmed Akhtar.

Earlier, the university after the completion of tenure of its former VC in October, was being run temporarily by the executive director of Higher Education Commission (HEC).

Faculty members Dawn spoke to have been pinning high hopes on the new VC to resolve issues of the university, which is also facing a severe financial crisis. The university budget for the current fiscal year 2022-23, had been estimated with a deficit of Rs580.5 million.

'Every year, our university faces student fights and closure and there is need to put the university affairs in order. There are many other universities in Islamabad, but only QAU faces such situations. This is a matter...