MARDAN: The administration of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) has decided to issue the termination order of more than 70 employees who were allegedly appointed through illegal means and fake documents, on BS-16 and other posts.
However, the procedure of termination will be decided in the syndicate meeting which is to be held on Monday.
According to a senior official, in September 2015, the AWKUM administration issued an advertisement for the appointment of Demonstrators BS-16, Office assistant PBS- 16, UDC-PBS-14, KPO-PBS-11, and Lab assistant PBS-7 posts. Interviews and test were conducted after which several male and female candidates were appointed on the mentioned posts.
The university administration allegedly gave a concession to four candidates Muhammad Ayub, Muhammad Farooq, Nadia Yousaf and Ali Akbar.
Meanwhile, some private colleges allegedly provided fake certificates to the candidates, helping them in their appointment on BPS-16.
On the other hand, some candidates who did not appear in test and interview got appointed on key positions.
Sources said that the AWKUM preferred relatives of university officials and blue-eyed candidates in the appointments, setting aside the merit.
The decision to take action against the illegally appointed employees was taken on the directives of Peshawar High Court (PHC) on the petition of two candidates and an inquiry committee was also constituted on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor’s directives to probe into the issue.
