INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
SC suspends LCWU vice chancellor Dr UzmaLAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) Sunday suspended Vice Chancellor of
Lahore College For Woman University (LCWU) Dr Uzma Qureshi.The court ordered the Punjab government to form a new inquiry committee to look
chancellor from three senior most professors of the university.The bench comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan
passed the orders while hearing a notice over appointment of Dr Uzma Qureshi as the LCWU VC.As the proceedings began, the Secretary Higher
Education Department stated that Dr Uzma Qureshi was appointed as the LCWU VC after completing due process.To a court query, the secretary
were not up to the mark, but the report could not be completed as one of its member did not participate in the process.However, he said that
the remaining committee members were of the opinion that the articles were up to the mark.To which, the chief justice observed that a new
search committee should be formed for selection of the VC and after due process, appointment should be made on merit.At this stage, some
staff members of the university also appeared before the bench and complained about Dr Uzma Qureshi.However, Dr Uzma Qureshi submitted that
she had done everything with all integrity.She further submitted that efforts were being made to malign her.Later, Provincial Minister for
Higher Education Department Ali Raza Gillani also appeared before the bench, on being summoned and submitted that he was not minister at the
time of appointment of Dr Uzma.He also assured the court that its all directives would be complied with, after seeking instructions from the
chief minister.At this, the chief justice gave option to Dr Uzma Qureshi to resign from the post and directed that a new vice chancellor
should be appointed after due process.The search committee tasked to select the Punjab University vice chancellor should be given this
assignment also, he added.But later, the court suspended Dr Uzma Qureshi after she refused to resign and directed the government to form
afresh an inquiry committee to look into the allegations regarding her eligibility.Meanwhile, the bench also ordered the Secretary Higher
Education Department for ensuring appointment of new Punjab University vice chancellor within six weeks, while rejecting a request for three
