SWABI: If academia and administrations of universities collaborate, they could prove themselves to be very helpful in further improving the higher education environment in the country.

This was the crux of the speeches made here on Thursday during the oath-taking ceremony of the University of Swabi Teachers Association Development (Ustad) office-bearers and the inauguration of their first office on campus.

Dr Fazal Nasir, president of the Peshawar University Teachers Association (Puta), was the chief guest on the occasion.

Professor Mukhtiar Alam and Dr Abbas Khan have been named the Ustad president and general secretary respectively.

Speakers said a productive interaction between academia and university administrations could set new trends in higher education, awakening youngsters to acquire quality knowledge, which could enable them to play their constructive role in making their families prosperous on one hand and the county on the other.

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Dr Fazal said the academia of other universities should follow the Puta, which had been running its own transport service on the Peshawar University premises, and that various steps had been taken for the welfare of teachers maintaining a productive relations with the administrations while helping keep peaceful environment on campus.

Dr Abbas Khan said the new body had been formed to prove productive for teachers, students and administration.

Dr Fazal later administrated the oath to the office-bearers of the teachers’ body.

DISBURSED: The chairman of the district Zakat office on Thursday distributed over Rs4 million to the needy people of different regions here.

The needy people were selected by the chairmen of respective Zakat offices and finalised by the district Zakat office after examination of record, Rashid Khan Yousafzai told reporters.

Yousafzai said only after the confirmation of deserving people, a green light was given to the disbursement of Zakat to the needy people by cross cheques.

He said unlike the past, undeserving people wouldn’t be able to secure Zakat.

SUICIDE COMMITTED: Obiadullah Khan, 30-year-old worker, committed suicide due to abject poverty here on Thursday.

The incident occurred in Zaida city.

The police said the deceased killed himself by taking poisonous tablets used to kill wheat insects.

They said the worker told them before dying that he was too poor to support family, so he had attempted suicide.

The police said the deceased had borrowed money from different people but was unable to return it.

They said the worker later died at a local hospital.

Published in Dawn, February 20th, 2015

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