Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) hosted a webinar on “HEC Travails” on 26th May with a very intellectual and experienced panel to discuss the Higher Education System in Pakistan. There are various issues raised about the bureaucratic structure and the wasted interests inside the HEC and its linkages with the universities. The standards are […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has barred the government from appointing Higher Education Commission (HEC)’s chairman. The directives were issued during hearing of a petition seeking reappointment of Tariq Banuri as head of the HEC and against the HEC ordinance. The court asked the government not to appoint a chairman until the next hearing. Secretaries […]
In recent years we have seen a rise in protests and hunger strikes organized by students all across the country especially by those belonging to historically deprived regions. The most prominent of these students are those from ex(FATA) students and Balochistan. Last week students from ex-FATA held a 28-day sit-in and a 5-day hunger strike […]