Muzafarabad_An extraordinary meeting of the Governing Body of Medical Colleges of Azad Jammu and Kashmir was held here today with Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq in chair.
The meeting was attended by AJK Chief Secretary Dawood Muhammad Barich, Principal Secretary to prime minister Fayyaz Ali Abbasi, Secretary Finance Ismatullah Shah, Vice Chancellor University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Professor Dr. Kaleem Abbasi, Additional Secretary Public Health Abdul Sattar Khan and others.
Whereas, Vice Chancellor of University of Health Sciences Lahore Professor Dr. Ahsan Waheed Rathore participated in the meeting from Lahore via video link.In order to improve the quality and standard of education in the medical colleges of AJK, it was decided that a team of University of Health Sciences Lahore (UHSL) after a detailed visit to all the three medical colleges of Azad Kashmir shall submit its recommendations to the Chairman Governing Body.
During the meeting, an Executive Committee headed by the Chief Secretary was constituted to fix the salaries and other allowances of the faculty and staff members of the medical colleges.Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister directed to form a joint recruitment committee for the recruitment of professors in medical colleges in the light of the recommendations presented by the UHSL team.He said that the college authorities should focus on increasing the revenue of medical colleges and reducing expenses.
“Every institution or state entity has to justify its existence”, the PM said, adding that no one would be allowed to play with the future of students. He said that violation of merit won’t not be tolerated under any circumstances. The PM said that the UHSL team must prepare a detailed report vis a vis improving quality of education and resolving other issues of key concern.
The Prime Minister directed that transport, theaters and other facilities should be provided to the medical students studying in Azad Kashmir.He said that a stern action would be taken against the head of the institution in case merit was violated anywhere.The VC UHSL assured the PM that a team of experts and academia would very soon conduct a visit of all the medical colleges of Azad Kashmir in this regard.
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