August 21, 2008	Thursday	Sha'aban 18, 1429

KARACHI, Aug 20: The committee set up under the Centralized Admission Policy-2008 for admission to first year classes in the city government colleges has extended the date for purchasing prospectus/placement forms from banks up to Aug 26. However, the committee is yet to decide about the last date for the submission of the forms.

A member of the CAP committee, when asked, stated that the students seeking admission to Class-XI were supposed to ensure submission of their duly filled placement forms along with the required documents by Aug 26, the new deadline for the issuance of the forms.

Admission seekers and their parents appeared confused about the matter as many of them desperately sought some information about any extension in the date for the submission of forms.

They wondered why the CAP committee was unable to extend the date, thus making people assume the same date should be the last date for receiving and submitting the admission forms. “It must be obligatory upon the CAP committee to fix a date for submitting the placement forms different from that of the deadline for the issuance of the forms. The committee should announce a schedule in unambiguous terms to remove confusion,” a woman caller from Gulshan-i-Iqbal said.

Meanwhile, the 42 HBL branches authorised to issue the placement forms along with prospectus for admission in Class-XI have, so far, issued more than 80,000 sets to admission seekers.