The meeting of Punjab University syndicate members will be held today (Saturday) in which cases of academic corruption will be discussed. According to sources, the basic agenda of the meeting would be the corruption of teachers and important decisions would be made to decide the fate of teachers involved in various cases of corruption.
According to senior member of the syndicate, PU Vice Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran took stern action against academic corruption at the university. Following the VC’s lead, syndicate members would settle matters according to merit. He said the agenda for the day would be very serious, adding that they were facing pressure from various corners but they would do every thing according to the rules. He said if teachers were involved in corruption they would be treated in a manner similar to how the law dealt with criminals and they would not bow before any pressure in this regard. He said he could not disclose the names of the teachers involved, adding that they were a stigma not only for PU but the entire nation.
SHARP seminar on human rights and the law : The role of lawyers in protecting human rights was empahsised in a training session for the legal fraternity organised by SHARP (Society for Human Rights and Prisoner’s Aid) on Thursday. The main purpose was to analyse the prevailing laws in Pakistan, keeping in view their connection with human and refugees’ rights. Participants received a briefing regarding steps taken by SHARP in this regard. In the first session, Memoona Batool Khan said it was the lawyers’ responsibility to work for human rights, adding that their goal could not be achieved without this understanding. SHARP Director Qaiser Siddique said ‘human rights’ dealt with the fundamental rights of all human beings, irrespective of race, religion and nationality. A lecturer at Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Salman Kazmi, said the present applicable laws in Pakistan were insufficient for refugees. During the closing session chief guest former Punjab deputy attorney general Naveed Anayat Malik appreciated the role of SHARP and said such training workshops were the best source of knowledge for young lawyers.
