Approval of Federal University in Hyderabad without legislation is unlawful: Murtaza Wahab

KARACHI: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Thursday while criticizing Prime Minister Imran Khan said that to lay a foundation of a university for Hyderabad in Islamabad was an act of mocking the people of Sindh.

Among many of his zany undertakings, that was perhaps the most irresponsible, he added.

Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that those who could not turned the Prime Minister House into a university as pledged were now taking about establishing a university in Hyderabad.

He said that Prime Minister should first tell the people about the approval of the charter of university that had to be built in Islamabad.

The Adviser said that the Prime Minister had not taken approval from the provincial government about establishing a university in Hyderabad. He asked about what was the basic reason that prompted Prime Minister Imran Khan to lay the foundation of a university meant for Hyderabad secretly at the Prime Minister’s House. Was he afraid of facing the people of Sindh?, the Adviser questioned.

Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that it was on record that the Prime Minister proclaimed in Ghotki that he didn’t need Sindh.

The Adviser said that Pakistan People’s Party had this privilege of establishing more universities in the country than any other political party. He said that to establish a university in Hyderabad without any legislation was unlawful.

Also, to draft the charter of a university in the absence of Chairman Higher Education Commission was also questionable, he added.

The Adviser said that after the passage of 18th constitutional amendment the matters related to the universities had been designated as the provincial subject and the Federal government had nothing to do with it. He said that the Federal government should not take any decision bypassing rules and regulations.