Teachers oppose changes to varsities act.

LAHORE -- Teachers of the Punjab University have alleged that Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun and bureaucracy are hatching conspiracies against progressing public sector universities and want to destroy them just like glorious government schools in the past.

Calling upon Prime Minister Imran Khan to take notice of the conspiracy, they alleged further that the provincial minister and bureaucracy wanted to reverse the progress made by the universities under an agenda in order to benefit some hidden elements.

They were expressing their views in a virtual conference organised by the Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) on proposed public sector universities amendment act.

PUASA President Prof Dr Mumtaz Anwar Chaudhry, Secretary Javed Sami and teachers from all departments participated in the conference.

Prof Chaudhry said apart from axing the autonomy of universities, the proposed amendment act was technically flawed and illogical too. He said that how could a retired judge chair a meeting of the Syndicate where Chief Justice of Lahore High Court is a member of the forum and how could a retired bureaucrat of Grade 21 dictate an in-service officer of grade 22.

He said the PUASA rejected and condemned the proposal of appointment of retired judge and bureaucrat as chairman of the syndicate. He said the government thought that they could take advantage of...