FIPWASA Decides To Launch Strong Protest Movement Across Country

The central and provincial governments were urged to increase the budgets of the universities in their annual budgets in accordance with international standards.

FIPWASA Decides To Launch Strong Protest Movement Across Country

The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (FAPUASA) Central held its annual meeting and elections at the Centre of Advanced Studies in Health & Technology in Rawalpindi. Professor Dr. Jameel Ahmed Chitrali, President of FAPUASA, presided over the meeting.

The meeting was attended by presidents and general secretaries of academic staff associations from across the country, including FAPUASA‘s vice president, Prof Dr. Kalimullah Barreech.

In the meeting along with the presidents of the provincial chapters, the central president of FAPUASA presented their annual performance report. The performance report was approved after several questions and suggestions. Elections were held in the second phase of the meeting for the central and provincial chapters of FAPUASA for the year 2023.

According to the results of the elections, Prof. Dr. Kaleemullah Barreech of the University of Balochistan is the central president of FAPUASA, while Prof. Dr. Akhtiar Ali Ghumro of Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur Sindh is the central general secretary and Dr. Farrukh Arsalan Siddiqui of Bahauddin Zakaria University, Multan is the central vice president, while the University of Agriculture Peshawar Dr. Bashir Ahmed and Dr. Abdul Mubeen of the University of Engineering Taxila were elected members of the Central Executive Council. Prof. Farid Khan Achakzai the President of the Balochistan Chapter, Prof. Nauman Kakar for the General Secretary, and Ms. Nilofar Jameel were elected members of the Executive Council. For Sindh Chapter Dr. Fahad Nazir Khoso, President, Dr. Baqir Ali Zardari General Secretary, and Dr. Kamran Zakaria member executive council were elected. For the Punjab Chapter, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Azhar Naeem was elected President, Prof. Dr. Rizwanullah General Secretary, and Dr. Muhammad Iqbal were elected members of the Executive Council. For Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter, Dr. Feroze Shah was elected as President, Dr. Zafar Hayat Khan as General Secretary and Dr. Farman Khan as a member of the executive council.

The newly elected leadership expressed gratitude for the trust and confidence shown by FAPUASA Central members and pledged to work tirelessly for the betterment of Pakistan’s academic staff community.

They also reaffirmed their commitment to upholding FAPUASA’s values and principles and working towards the organization’s goals. The departing leadership was thanked for their unwavering efforts and hard work during their tenure, and they were wished success in their future endeavours.

The members of the meeting discussed the financial and administrative problems of public universities across the country, particularly the University of Balochistan and BUTUMS, as well as the financial difficulties faced by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa universities, particularly Peshawar University, and budget issues of almost all Sindh universities.

The central and provincial governments were urged to increase the budgets of the universities in their annual budgets in accordance with international standards. FIPWASA has decided to launch a strong protest movement across the country.

According to the meeting, the monthly salary of the teachers, officers, and employees of Balochistan University and Biotoms has not yet been paid to all Khyber Pakhtunkhwa universities, particularly Peshawar University and Sindh University.

They expressed regret over the universities’ financial and administrative crises and demanded that the central and provincial governments, as well as HEC, provide a bailout package immediately or face nationwide protests.

Members expressed regret over the universities’ financial and administrative crises and demanded that the central and provincial governments, as well as the HEC, provide a bailout package to public sector universities immediately, or else protests would be held across the country.

The members also demanded the release of a new service structure and promotion policy for BPS teachers, as well as an improvement in TTS teachers’ salary and pension policy, as well as the simplification of the complex procedure of research journal recognition and the acceptance of articles from Z category journals, as per the June 2020 HEC notification for promotion.