Question mark over teachers' posting in PU School of Communication Studies.

LAHORE -- A School of Communication Studies associate has written to Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Saleem Mazhar that the appointments of two professors in his department were made in violation of merit by the authorities.

Complainant Prof Dr Shabbir Sarwar has submitted the application to the chancellor/governor, Chief Minister Office, Higher Education Department and Punjab Higher Education Commission.

He states he has been a faculty member at the School of Communication Studies since 2013 and he also applied for the post of Professor of Communication Studies at the same school.

He stated the HR Department sought a list of the panel of experts of the subject belonging to the advanced countries. It was also advised in the letter that the list should be made in consultation with the faculty members and minutes of the faculty meeting should be sent to the HR department.

He stated no such a faculty meeting was held and no meeting minutes were recorded, rather, names were collected from some faculty members individually, in blatant violation of the laid down procedure as per law.

He alleged that Savera Mujeeb Shami and Lubna Zaheer in connivance with the then VC Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar submitted a common list of experts and the VC selected only those experts from the list to seek their consent for evaluation of the cases who were suggested by Ms Shami and Ms Zaheer.

He alleged the data on candidates was sent for evaluation to the foreign professors/panel of experts suggested by Ms Shami and Ms Zaheer jointly, hence their chances of selection were ensured and in the panel reports of referees, Ms Shami and Ms Lubna, were declared equal on No 1 position against one post of professor.

Mr Sarwar alleged the Selection Board held on May 18, 2022, and the board also declared them equal as No 1 due to...