Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has emphasized the need to have a comprehensive and all time solution to address the financial issues of government universities in the province adding that his government is moving on to this effect in consultation with all the stakeholders.
He made these observations while chairing an important meeting regarding issues being faced by the public sector universities of the province held here the other day. Concerned caretaker provincial ministers, administrative secretaries of the relevant provincial departments, Chairman Higher Education Commission and other high ups attended the meeting. The participants discussed in detail the financial issues and administrative matters of the public sector universities and reviewed the various proposals in order to steer the universities out of current financial crunches.
Both the provincial government and Higher Education Commission expressed their commitment to work jointly for addressing the financial and administrative issues being faced by the public sector universities across the province. It was agreed in the meeting that the government’s grant to the universities would be subjected to their improved financial discipline.
