The employees of the Higher Education Commission welcomed on Friday the appointment of Engineer Imtiaz Hussain Gillani as the acting Executive Director (ED) of the Higher Education Commission. Gilani, who is a member of the commission and vice chancellor of the University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, will hold this position for a period of one month until a full-time executive director is selected from among the 56 people who have applied for the position. All employees of the HEC have hailed the decision of the commission and hope that Gilani would take everybody along in running the affairs of HEC.