Muhammad Salman Naseem
Politcal Worker (100+ posts)
It has been more than four years and the Higher Education Commission (HEC), which oversees over 100 public sector universities, has yet to get the attention of the prime '=minister for the appointment of his nominees as members of its governing body that has become virtually ineffective.
Since coming into power in 2013, the government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its two prime ministers, first Nawaz Sharif and now Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, have not paid attention to the appointment of the members of the commission that gets over Rs90 billion annual budget. The prime minister is the controlling authority of the HEC.
According to the HEC Ordinance 2002, the board running the HEC consists of 18 members — two federal secretaries, four representatives of the provinces, an executive director, one vice chancellor and 10 nominees of the prime minister.
Currently, the commission has only 10 members and eight have yet to be appointed by the PM. Objections have been raised to the names forwarded in this regard several times.
Now the situation has come to the point where the commission’s meetings cannot be called because the required number of members is not available. The quorum for a meeting is nine members.
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Since coming into power in 2013, the government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its two prime ministers, first Nawaz Sharif and now Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, have not paid attention to the appointment of the members of the commission that gets over Rs90 billion annual budget. The prime minister is the controlling authority of the HEC.
According to the HEC Ordinance 2002, the board running the HEC consists of 18 members — two federal secretaries, four representatives of the provinces, an executive director, one vice chancellor and 10 nominees of the prime minister.
Currently, the commission has only 10 members and eight have yet to be appointed by the PM. Objections have been raised to the names forwarded in this regard several times.
Now the situation has come to the point where the commission’s meetings cannot be called because the required number of members is not available. The quorum for a meeting is nine members.
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