Professors who stayed back abroad face music

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered to dam the passports and Computerised Nationwide Id Playing cards (CNICs) of six professors of the Federal Urdu College of Arts, Science and Know-how (FUUAST) who went overseas for doctorate and have been avoiding return to the nation.

The Committee met below the chairmanship of Noor Alam Khan.

The audit officers advised the members of the assembly that an expense of Rs40.57 million incurred on sending the professors overseas. They mentioned that six professors didn’t come again to the nation after finishing their doctorate.

Performing vice chancellor of FUUAST knowledgeable the PAC that an utility had been filed in courtroom on the matter. He mentioned that the courtroom had issued summons on this regard.

The Committee ordered to confiscate 25 per cent safety charge of the six professors and block their passports and CNICs.

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The physique reviewed the Greater Schooling Fee’s (HEC) audit report for the 12 months 2019-20. It expressed displeasure over the HEC chairman and NUML rector’s absence from the assembly.

The HEC govt director advised the members of the assembly that the Fee had demanded a finances of greater than Rs100 billion this monetary 12 months.

He mentioned a finances of “solely Rs66 billion” had been allotted for the HEC, saying the targets won’t be met if there isn’t any funding in training.

The audit officers revealed irregularities within the buy of laptops in the course of the interval 2013-2018. They maintained that 500,000 laptops had been bought at a value of Rs25.77 billion in the course of the interval.

In response to the audit officers, the settlement to arrange an meeting plant for native manufacturing of laptops was not applied. The HEC entered into an settlement with a non-public agency to arrange the plant.

EDHEC advised the PAC that an meeting plant had been established on the Raiwind Street. It was mentioned that the meeting plant was not operated as a result of lack of demand for the actual agency’s laptops.

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The audit officers divulged {that a} particular allowance amounting to Rs35 million was given to the staff of HEC Karachi and Peshawar areas. They famous that the fee was made in opposition to the instructions of the Finance Division, including that the cash had been given to the staff of FUUAST and Peshawar regional centre.

The assembly was advised that the matter was being heard on the Supreme Court docket. The Committee postponed the audit para till a choice on the matter was introduced.

The PAC chairman positioned a ban on the entry of YouTubers within the Committee conferences, saying solely print and digital media journalists had been allowed to cowl the occasion.