AJK varsity approves 15pc disparity reduction allowance to its employees

ISLAMABAD: The 20th syndicate session of the Women University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Bagh was held on Wednesday with AJK President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry in the chair.

The meeting was attended by Women University Bagh Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Abdul Hameed, former vice chancellor Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi Professor Dr Saima Hameed, Vice Chancellor Mirpur University of Science and Technology Brigadier (retired) Professor Dr Muhammad Younis Javed, former vice chancellor Azad Kashmir University Prof. Dr Farooq Ahmed and others.

Women University Bagh Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Abdul Hameed gave a detailed briefing to the participants regarding the ongoing development projects and curricular activities in the university.

Meanwhile, the participants of the meeting unanimously agreed and approved to grant 15 percent disparity reduction allowance to all the employees of the university.

The AJK president, who is also the chancellor of the university, said that quality education was key to sustainable development. “No nation or a society can prosper sans education,” he said, adding that high quality education plays a vital role in the development and overall growth of a country.

He said that all the universities have to improve their standard and quality of education. Barrister Chaudhry also assured the Women University Bagh VC of his all possible cooperation to improve the quality of education.

The president said that the University of Bagh should become the bastion of academic excellence and seat of learning.