Union warns of protest action over recruitment ban

The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA) on Friday 21 February asked the government to immediately lift the ban on recruitment and other decisions in public sector universities, or else they would launch a protest campaign, reports The News International.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shah Farman Khan recently barred vice-chancellors of 12 public sector universities from taking major decisions and making recruitments in their respective universities. The decision caused anger among university staff.

The vice-chancellors’ committee in a recent meeting also criticised the decision and the Peshawar University Teachers Association (PUTA) urged the government to withdraw the decision at the earliest. PUTA believes the decision to stop vice-chancellors from taking decisions adversely affects performance of the universities.
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