Source: The News
Date: July 29, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Making it hard to complete the ongoing projects due to the massive budget cut, vice chancellors of public sector universities on Wednesday held an urgent meeting in which they urged the government to restore the budget to its original level of Rs 28 billion recurring budget and Rs 30 billion development budget as was agreed by the Ministry of Finance for fiscal year 2010-11.
As many as 52 vice chancellors of public sector universities attended the meeting. Addressing a press conference after the meeting, the VCs said that under the current circumstances it would not be possible for the universities to provide the 50 percent ad hoc increase in salaries, 15 percent increase in medical allowance and 15 percent to 20 percent increase in pension to its employees. They called on the government to provide a supplementary recurring grant of Rs7 billion to give salary increase to employees. The VCs expressed the fear that the massive development made by the universities during the last five years would collapse if the government did not increase the budget allocation for the higher education sector. “The budget for the ongoing projects was approved during the last few years but now when these projects are nearing completion and only 10 to 15 percent of their work is remaining, the government is not willing to provide the required amount,” said Fatima Jinnah Woman University (FJWU) VC Syeda Asadullah.
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