LAHORE: Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on Monday signed the Punjab Regularisation of Service Amendment Ordinance of 2022 and approved several summaries related to universities.

The governor signed the Punjab Regularisation of Service Amendment Ordinance 2022 under which after amending section 07 of the Punjab Regulation of Service Act 2018, now contract employees can appear before the Scrutiny Committee or Public Service Commission three times.

Mr Sarwar also approved several summaries related to the universities including appointing Prof Dr Athar Mehboob, Vice-Chancellor of Islamia University Bahawalpur, as a member of the Board of Directors of South Punjab Institute of Science and Technology DG Khan, while Dr Islam Ullah Khan, VC of the University of Mianwali, has been given additional charge as the VC of Thal University, Bhakkar.

The governor appointed Prof Dr Shamsa Humayun as pro-VC of the Fatima Jinnah Medical University for three years.

He approved an additional charge of the registrar of the Rawalpindi Women University for Associate Professor Zainab Javed Dar to be given and directed the Department of Higher Education to complete the process of appointment of the regular registrar in six months.

The chancellor of all universities of Punjab extended the additional charge of Dr Prof Naveed Ahmed of Emerson College University, Multan, for six months.

He appointed Dr Abid Rashid as dean of faculty of the Medical Sciences at GC University of Faisalabad for three years while Dr Sheikh Shafiqul Rehman as Dean of Islamic Learning at Islamia University, Bahawalpur.

Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2022