Women university vice-chancellor ‘forced’ to leave post

Dawn 17 March 2023

Women University Swabi (WUS) Vice-Chancellor Professor Shahana Urooj Kazmi was ‘forced’ to relinquish her post after she failed to do so voluntarily on 5 March when her three-year crisis-ridden stint at the helm of the university ended, sources in the university told Dawn.

According to sources in the university, when the outgoing VC adopted delaying tactics, the provincial higher education department had to step in, directing the registrar to de-notify her. “Prof Kazmi was reluctant to leave the university,” said the sources while quoting a university official.

When this correspondent contacted her two days ago, she had said there was no one to whom she could hand over charge of the university.
Full report on the Dawn site

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