University status to NCA

PM grants university status to NCA
Islamabad, May 31: Acknowledging the services of the National College of Arts as a premier institute of arts, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday approved renaming of the college as a chartered university and announced regularisation of its contractual employees. He was presiding over the meeting of the Board of Governors of the NCA here at the PM House. The government as per the PPP's manifesto was regularising the services of contractual employees in all government departments, the same should be followed in the case of NCA, Gilani directed. He also directed for the restoration of Special NCA Allowance of Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 for different cadres of faculty members at the college. The news