ISLAMABAD: Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology (Fuuast) on Monday got regular Vice Chancellor as education ministry notified appointment

of Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari as new head of varsity.

The Fuuast, which has its main campus in Karachi and Islamabad, is public sector university.

It has been facing governance and financial challenges for years and currently employees are protesting for delay in payment of their salaries and pension.

The university was set up in 2002 and only one Vice Chancellor Dr Qaiser could complete five-year term. The post of VC is lying vacant for the last two years as the last VC Dr Athar Ata had submitted his resignation in September 2022.

He had gone to Canada in May 2022, but did not return and finally he submitted his resignation in September of the said year via email. Since then, the university is being run under interim arrangements.

Published in Dawn, February 28th, 2024