Zubair Qureshi
The Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Parliamentary Leader in the Senate Sherry Rehman has submitted a resolution in the Upper House of the Parliament demanding reversal of recent ordinances that made drastic changes in the Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) rules and regulations, particularly affecting the autonomy of the commission and reducing its Chairman’s term from four years to two years.
“I have moved a resolution under sub rule (2) of rule 145 of the Rules of Procedure & Conduct of Business in the Senate 2021, read with sub paragraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of clause (2) of the Article 89 of the Constitution for the disapproval of these ordinances” said Sherry in a statement on Friday
“We cannot let Tabahi Sarkar compromise HEC’ autonomy since bringing this ordinance overnight to change the term of the HEC chairman from four years to two years is surprising,” she added.
Rehman said, “Instead of investing in education to ensure the future of our country, this government has in fact reduced HEC’ budget.
Their priorities are so skewed that they have not been able to even allocate a fixed percentage of GDP to higher education”.
“It is shocking that budget allocations for HEC have not kept up pace with the growing needs of the sector.
Instead, this government is after our reputable state institution and destroying it,” she added.
