Engr Baligh-ur-Rehman, Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training was chief guest on the occasion, while Dr Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman HEC, Dr Arshad Ali, Executive Director HEC, Dr Ghulam Raza Bhatti, Member Operation & Planning HEC, Raza Chohan, Director General Academics HEC and a large number of faculty members were also present at the ceremony held at the Higher Education Commission Secretariat Islamabad on Wednesday.
HEC Director (Media) Ayesha Ikram told Business Recorder that criteria is transparent and efficient. Universities and degree awarding institutions are asked to nominate their eligible teachers for the Best University Teacher Award every year. A total of 160 nominations were received from 80 public and private sector universities. All the nominations were scrutinised and evaluated on the basis of HEC approved criteria by an expert committee and 64 faculty members were selected.
The names of the award winners and universities are as under:
1. Dr Shah Jahan, University of Health Sciences, Lahore. 2. Muhammad Saqib Ishaq ABASYN University, Peshawar. 3. Professor Dr Javed Iqbal Qazi, University of the Punjab, Lahore. 4. Dr Muhammad Basharat, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffrabad. 5. Professor Dr Athar Muhammad University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. 6. Moin Ahmed Ansari Liaqat University of Medical and Health Sciences. 7. Dr Abdul Wali Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences. 8. Dr Ahmed Mudassir, Indus University, Karachi. 9. Dr Farhat Jabeen, Government College University, Faislabad. 10. Dr Kashif Shafique, Dow University of Health Sciences. 11. Dr Muhammad Usman Akram, National University of Science and Technology. 12. Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology. 13. Dr Azhar Hussain Shah Hazara University. 14. Dr Sami Ullah Khan, University of Haripur, . Haripur15. Naila Irum Hadi, Ziauddin University. 16. Dr Zahid Halim, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering and Emerging Sciences and Technology. 17. Dr Irfan Ahmed Rind Sukkur IBA. 18. Atif Bilal, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology. 19. Muhammad Imran Ahmed Siddiqi, Bahria University, Islamabad. 20. Muhammad Arif University of Agriculture, Peshawar. 21. Dr Tauha Hussain Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoroo. 22. Professor Dr Zahoor ul Haq, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. 23. Dr Iftikhar Ali, Karakoram International University. 24. Dr Muhammad Yousaf Malik, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. 25. Professor Dr Altaf Hussain Rajpur, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah. 26. Dr Arshi Saleem Hashmi, National Defence University. 27. Fahad Abdulla Rizvi, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar. 28. Salman Ahmed, Institute of Space Technology. 29. Dr Saeed Akhter, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. 30. Dr. Bushra Khan, University of Peshawar. 31. Professor Dr Noman Anjumm, Allama Iqbal Open University. 32. Muhammad Ajaz Hussain, University of Sargodha. 33. Muhammad Anwar Panezai, University of Balochistan, Quetta. 34. Dr Ilahi Bakhshn Marghazani, Lasbela University of Agriculture, water and Marine Sciences. 35. Professor Muhammad Tahir Khalily , International Islamic University, Islamabad. 36. Dr Muhammad Imran Ahmed, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar. 37. Dure-e-Jabeen, Hamdard University, Karachi. 38. Dr Fazal Akbar , University of Swat. 39. Dr Umar Farooq, University and of Science and Technology, Bannu. 40. Dr Zia-ul-Haq , Khyber Medical University, Peshawar. 41. Muhammad Farooq, University of Agriculture, Faisabad. 42. Dr Shafeeq-ur-Rehman, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, Dir. 43. Dr Muzaffar Ali, nUniversity of Engineering and Technology, Taxila. 44. Dr Kifayat Ullah Hamdani, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad. 45. Rehana Naz, Lahore School of Economics. 46. Yasir Nawab, National Textile University. 47. Dr Muhammad Mansha, University of Education, Lahore. 48. Dr Muhammad Aziz-ur-Rehman, University of Management Technology Lahore, 49. Naila Arshad, Government College Women University Sialkot. 50. Dr Zafar Nadeem National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences. 52. Dr Sofia Khalid, Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi. 53. Faiza Sharif, GC University Lahore. 54. Dr Nadeem Javaid, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. 56. Professor Maqsood, Mirpur University of Science and Technology. 57. Dr Noor Muhammad, Kohat University of Science and Technology. 58. Syed Imtiaz Ali, Shah Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana. 59. Dr Muhammad Tahir Syed, University of Engineering Technology. 60. Dr Junaid Alam Khan, Institute of Business Administration Karachi. 61. Professor Tanwir Khaliq, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (PIMS) Islamabad. 62. Dr Madiha Gohar (Assistant Professor), Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, 63. Dr Mazhar Mehmood (Director QEC), Pakistan Institute Of Engineering And Applied Sciences(PIEAS). 64. Dr Mehrunisa Memon (Professor) Soil Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam.