Rs270m KMU budget approved

Rs270m KMU budget approved
Peshawar: The Syndicate of the Khyber Medical University (KMU) here Thursday approved a budget of Rs270 million for the fiscal year 2011-12.

The seventh syndicate meeting of the KMU chaired by Vice-Chancellor Dr Prof Muhammad Hafizullah approved the budget and development projects including establishment of two new institutes at the varsity.

The Syndicate mandated formulation of KMU Audit and Accounts Committee to address the audit objections. It also authorised a research project 'Assignment of Community Participation in the Community Midwives programme' worth Rs4.2 million in collaboration with the British Council.

The eligibility criteria for the posts of teaching, non-teaching staff including professors, associate and assistant professors, lecturers, data analysts, curriculum coordinators and laboratory technicians for various institutions were also agreed in the meeting.

The Syndicate approved appointment of Dr Jawad Ahmad as professor, Dr Shafiq Ahmad, Dr Rubina Niaz and Dr Niaz Ali as associate professors and Dr Musharaf Jillani, Dr Wilayat Shah, Dr Sami Siraj, Dr Momin Khan, Dr Nuzhat Sultana and Dr Tauseef Raza as assistant professors on regular basis in the IBMS.

It was also decided that the appointment of the employees in basic pay scale 1 to 4 would be requested or directly appointed by the KMC through the employment exchange service of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Syndicate also approved the establishment of Institute of Health Profession Education and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

78 teachers sacked in Orakzai
Kalaya: The political administration dismissed 78 teachers from service after their refusal to perform duty in Orakzai Agency, an official said Thursday.

Talking to reporters, Orakzai Agency Political Agent Riaz Khan Mahsud said the 78 teachers had refused to perform duty in lower Orakzai Agency despite the repatriation of the tribesmen. He said tent schools had been set up to resume the education activities in the tribal region in place of the 68 schools that had been destroyed during the militancy in the tribal region.

The official said over 22,000 students had started taking classes in lower parts of the Orakzai Agency. He added that more teaching staff had been transferred to those areas where schools had been made functional.

He said over 0.15 million people had been repatriated to the Orakzai Agency with the support of the international donor agencies and security forces. The administration, political agent said, constituted peace committees in these areas to maintain law and order. The news