Bacha Khan University teachers stage protest against VC

Illegal appointments, irregularities

CHARSADDA: The academic staff of the Bacha Khan University (BKU) on Wednesday staged protest against Vice-Chancellor Fazalur Rahim Marwat for his alleged involvement in corruption and irregularities.

The protest was organised by the Bacha Khan University Teachers Association (BUTA) at the university campus. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against the vice-chancellor.

Speaking on the occasion, Shakil Ahmed, the association’s president, said the law-enforcement agencies had held Vice-Chancellor Fazalur Rahim Marwat responsible for the losses of human lives in the terrorist attack on the university, but he was given an extension in service instead of being sacked. “The vice chancellor appointed his son as an officer in BPS-17 at the university and promoted a junior clerk to BPS-17 in violation of merit,” he claimed.

He alleged that the vice-chancellor had posted his favourite persons on more than one post. “These persons are getting salaries of all positions they are holding,” he alleged.

Shakil Ahmed said that junior officials were posted on senior positions, adding that acting registrar Hamid Khan had been working on the position illegally for the last four years. “Hamid Khan has appointed his fiancée as warden against merit,” he claimed.

He also claimed that Higher Education Commission had declared most of the affiliated colleges and institutes of the university as illegal. “The future of more than 1,000 students who are registered at these educational institutions is at stake,” he added.

He demanded judicial inquiry into the attack on the university and asked the government to direct National Accountability Bureau and Anti-Corruption Department to investigate the irregularities.

The protesting teachers warned of staging a protest rally outside the provincial assembly building in Peshawar if action was not taken against the vice-chancellor.

Vice-Chancellor Fazalur Rahim Marwat told The News that foolproof security measures had been taken for the university. He added that two officials who had been appointed against merit had been dismissed from service. He also welcomed the demand for inquiry into appointment of registrar and his fiancée, saying that an inquiry would make everything clear.