FAPUASA condemns Public Sector Universities (Amendment) Act 2020”

Lahore : Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association has strongly condemned and opposed the attempts to impose a politically influenced  “Public Sector Universities (Amendment) Act 2020”.

In this regard, an online meeting of FAPUASA was held on Wednesday which was presided over by FAPUASA Central President Dr. Sohail Yousaf  President , FAPUASA Punjab President  Prof Dr Mumtaz Anwar Chaudhry and representatives from provincial chapters and academic staff associations from various universities of the Pakistan attended the meeting. Major issues affecting universities in general and faculty/staff in particular were discussed at length.

In the press statement, Dr Sohail Yousaf,  Dr Mumtaz Anwar and others said that any such attempt to reduce or compromise the autonomy of universities would be met with resistance by faculty. They said that FAPUASA did not accept the proposal to appoint retired judges or bureaucrats as head of Syndicate. They urged the vice chancellors to take a strong stance to preserve the autonomy of the universities of the Punjab.

They said that in meeting with HEC, all vice chancellors should propose that the current “Public Sector Universities (Amendment) Act 2020” should be withdrawn. They said that for the sake of uniformity, all new Universities across Punjab should have same autonomy as old/established universities like the Punjab University and Bahauddin Zakariya University, where the vice chancellor chairs the Syndicate.

They said that all FAPUASA chapters stood together against this unjustified Act.