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  • Dec 2nd, 2012
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University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Academic Staff Association (UAF ASA) took out rally in order to express solidarity with Higher Education Commission (HEC) deposed Executive Director, Dr Sohail H. Naqvi outside Administration Block of UAF on Saturday. Protesters enchanted slogans in favour of autonomous status of HEC and demanded the restoration of CE Dr Sohail Naqvi with immediate effect.

Addressing the teachers and members of academic staff Professor Dr Munir Ahmad Sheikh, President UAF ASA urged the government to avoid any intervention to disturb the autonomous structure of HEC Islamabad which has been striving for upgrading the Higher Education Sector of the country in harmonised manners with developed nations. Dr Sheikh said that this untimely decision of Federal government will create panic among teaching and students community of the institutions of higher learning in the country. He maintained that federation of all Pakistan Academic Staff Association of universities of Pakistan has also expressed its concern over this un-pleasant situation and will launch a protest in 80 Public Sector Universities in case of their demand would not be fulfilled.

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