ISLAMABAD – Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Tariq Banuri hassaid that the formula of providing funds to universities all over thecountry will be reviewed.
Funds will not be released without the HEC’s approval.
Banuri said that HEC funds have decreased in the last three years, so atthe moment it is facing difficulties. The government has said that it willincrease financial support when economic conditions get better. Alternativeeducation institutions which are available instead of universities in everydistrict should be improved.
I was called in the cabinet regarding new universities, said Banuri. It isthe government’s responsibility to create universities and not the HEC’s.
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“HEC has five high profile cases of plagiarism; due to which the PrimeMinister deployed commission’s members, I have no connection with it, andtherefore there is no pressure on me,” he added.
