LAHORE, Aug 26: Punjab Assembly Speaker has nominated 36 members of the provincial assembly (MPAs), including 16 women MPAs, as his representatives on the Syndicates of 16 public universities in Punjab.

Six old universities have representation of one MPA each, while 10 relatively new universities have three MPAs’ representation on their respective syndicates.

According to a notification issued by the Punjab Higher Education Department, MPA (PP-140) Majid Zahoor has been appointed member of the Punjab University Syndicate; Bao Akhtar Ali, PP-144, the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore; Rana Ijaz Ahmad Noon, PP-204, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan; Khalid Mahmood Jajja, PP-274, Islamia University, Bahawalpur; Engineer Qamarul Islam Raja, PP-5, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila; Mahar Muhammad Fayyaz, PP-25, Fatima Jinnah Women’s University, Rawalpindi; Muhammad Khurram Gulfam (PP-162), Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain Chhachhar (PP-188) and Nazia Raheel (PP-88), Government College University, Lahore; Hina Pervaiz Butt (W-353), Bushra Anjum Butt (W-354) and Raheela Khadim Husain (W-345), Lahore College for Women’s University; Muhammad Khurram Gulfam (PP-162), Mian Muhammad Munir (PP-190) and Syeda Uzma Qadri (W-302), University of Education, Lahore; Haji Muhammad Ilyas Ansari (PP-65), Mian Muhammad Rafique (PP-90) and Rashida Yaqoob (PP-78), Government College University, Faisalabad; Dr Nadia Aziz (PP-34), Malik Muhammad Waris Kallu (PP-42) and Ghazanfar Abbas Chheena (PP-49), University of Sargodha; Nawabzada Haider Mehdi (PP-108), Abdul Rauf Mughal (PP-94) and Haji Imran Zafar (PP-111), University of Gujrat; Begum Khaula Amjad (W-337), Shameela Aslam (W-312), and Sultana Shaheen (W-313), Women’s University, Multan; Dr Najma Afzal Khan (W-320), Surriya Naseem (W-322) and Kaneez Akhtar (W-335), Government College Women’s University, Faisalabad; Joyce Rofin Julius (W-316), Shabeena Zakariya Butt (W-326) and Gulnaz Shehzadi (W-329), Government College Women’s University, Sialkot, and Fozia Ayub Qureshi (W-343), Sumaira Sami (W-311) and Haseena Begum (W-327), Government Sadiq College Women’s University, Bahawalpur.

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