Higher Education Commission HEC has decided to form a highpowered committee to investigate the Islamia University Bahawalpur IUB scandal . HEC Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education on Wednesday that the education sector was suffering because of the scandal at the varsity .
The committee directed the management of the IUB to submit details at the next meeting . The IUB registrar who joined the proceedings via videolink told the committee that there might be a few cases of objectionable videos but the issue is being exaggerated on social media .
Meanwhile on the agenda item concerning the employees working under the wedlock policy the deputy director general of the Federal Directorate of Education was directed by the committee to submit a report on nonobjection certificates issued by the FDE along with the record of employees.
The committee also got a briefing from acting Allama Iqbal Open University VC about the university in the last five years. Meanwhile the regulatory authority received new applications for NOCs for new varsities. Out of them he said that eight cases were under process five NOC are under process Five NOC were ready to be ready and cases were still pending because of incomplete documents.
The deputy director of the federal Directorate of education was directed to submit to the committee’s report to the Committee. The Committee also decided to summon the Regional Police Officer of BahawAlpur and FIA Cyber Crime Wing head at the meeting to be held on July at the HEC.
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