LHC nullifies Dr Shazia Qureshi’s appointment as dean

Lahore: Lahore High Court Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has nullified appointment of PU Law College Principal Dr Shazia Qureshi’s appointment as professor and dean.

Dr Shazia Qureshi who is a wife of VC PU Dr Mujahid Kamran.Her lawyer Khurram Saeed advocate and PU Legal Advisor Malik Awais Khalid advocate argued before the court that Dr Shazia Qureshi was appointed as professor under the same criteria which was being adopted by the administration since 2000 for appointment and promotion of faculty members at Punjab University. They said that even the petitioners including Samee Uzair, Javed Sami and Shumaila Gul were also appointed following the same rules and regulations. They also submitted the record of 800 faculty members appointed in PU following the same rules and regulations and said that hence the decision will affect all the appointments. The court, after hearing the arguments, nullified appointment of Dr Shazia Qureshi as professor and dean faculty of law.