FAPUASA movement in favour of its demands soon
Islamabad:Professor Mahr Saeed Akhtar, President of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association, has announced that FAPUASA will soon start a movement in favour of its demands which had not been even discussed in the relevant bodies of Higher Education Commission despite promise and passage of two months.
In an angry tone, the FAPUASA chief told ‘The News’ on phone from Lahore that the movement will be the first step and FAPUASA is holding a press conference in the National Press Club in the federal capital on Thursday to brief newspersons about the issue and discus other modes of action next week.
He expressed his dismay and regrets over the attitude of minions of Higher Education Commission which despite a passage of two months had done nothing to take the promised actions. He said that in a meeting with the members of General Body, Dr Javaid Leghari, Chairperson, and Dr Suhail Naqvi, Executive Director, of HEC respectively had promised to place their various demands before the relevant HEC bodies for a decision soon. They appeared sympathetic to teachers demands and a positive outcome appeared on the cards, but the high-ups at the commission failed to take any action in this respect, he said.
Dr Akhtar addressing a press conference at National Press Club on April 7 had stated that in a meeting between the Federation and HEC earlier on the day, HEC Chairperson Dr Javaid Leghari agreed to revoke retrospective implementation of decisions and asked FAPUASA to identify such decisions.
The FAPUASA president had expressed his hope that the amicable discussion at HEC would lead to defer the new criteria for promotion. He said that in future HEC would not impose its decisions but would let the universities exercise autonomy.
According to him, the meeting had also discussed hardship cases and reached the conclusion that the faculty members who have not been promoted for decades, should be promoted to next grade in their own cadre as was done in many universities in the country. Dr Akhtar said that now that Tandu Jam University of Agriculture and Sindh University have also adopted the upgradation mechanism, it is high time that other universities adopt it.The News
