KU Academic Council approves allocation of quota of 2% seats for minorities

KARACHI: The meeting of the Academic Council of the University of Karachi approved the allocation of the quota of two percent reserved seats for religious minorities on the campus.

The Universities and Boards Department of the Sindh government has written a letter to the public sector universities to adopt the agenda as a policy matter.

Meanwhile, the participants of the meeting mentioned that the merits of admissions criteria would remain the same for the religious minorities and the students should fulfill their applications to secure their admissions.

The KU Academic Council was chaired by the KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi and the meeting was held at the Chinese Teachers Memorial Auditorium on Monday.

The KU Academic Council approved the Anti-Plagiarism Policy 2.0, issued by the HEC-Islamabad, and also approved the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan’s recommendations to give 10 additional admissions/seats to Gilgit/Baltistan and Balochistan in the faculty of pharmacy.

In light of the letter of the Higher Education Commission Islamabad, regarding the implementation of the Affiliation Policy 2024, the committee was formed. The convener of the committee is Prof Dr Faiyaz Vaid, and members include Prof Dr Anila Amber Malik, Prof Farah Iqbal, Prof Tanzeem ul-Firdoos, Prof Munawar Abbas, and Prof Muhammad Ashraf.

This Committee would prepare a detailed report after mutual consultation and submit it to the KU VC Prof Dr Khalid Iraqi and later that report will be sent to HEC-Islamabad.

To implement the Seerat course, Quran’s translation, Tajweed, and Tafsir course, as per the direction of the Senate Secretariat Islamabad, the KU Academic Council formed a five-member committee.

During the meeting, the representatives of college teachers highlighted the problems they are facing due to the absence of the college’s academic calendar and shared that it is causing serious issues for the colleges affiliated with the University of Karachi.

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