KP govt addressing challenges faced by varsities: Bangash

PESHAWAR: Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Information and Higher Education Kamran Bangash has said the challenges faced by all public sector universities in KP are being addressed by the provincial government.

He expressed these views in a media statement on Tuesday after the Peshawar High Court heard a case about the challenges facing the University of Peshawar.

The special assistant said the KP government would use all resources for the development of universities, teachers and students.

Earlier, Kamran Bangash appeared before a bench of the PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rasheed. Secretary for Higher Education Dawood Khan and University of Peshawar Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Idrees accompanied on the occasion along with Special Assistant.

The court directed the Higher Education Department to work with the University of Peshawar and the federal government to address the challenges.

It directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department to submit a detailed report to the court within a month.

In the media statement, the special assistant said maintaining the autonomy of universities and resolving financial and academic challenges was a priority. “All resources are being utilized to provide facilities to teachers and students,” he said and added that all the challenges faced by the universities would be resolved soon.