The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gomal University in Dera Ghazi Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) Professor Iftikhar Ahmed resigned over differences with the government but without waiting for the conclusion of six inquiries he was part of.
Prof Iftikhar was appointed as Gomal University VC in March 2020 and he was part of six different inquiries when he resigned on Friday.
According to reports, Prof Iftikhar was upset at the government’s decision for upgrading Gomal University’s agriculture department to a university without his consultation. He had written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan and sought his intervention.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor and varsity’s chancellor Shah Farman was unhappy with ex-VC as well.
However, the teachers and employees of the institution met with Prof Iftikhar to convince him to withdraw his resignation. However, he turned down the request.
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The students of varsity announced that they would set up a protest camp if VC did not recede his resignation.
A number of teachers and staff members of the higher educational institution have been sacked over harassment charges.
Muhammad Zubair, an assistant professor of the political science department, was fired in January this year after being found guilty of harassment.
Similarly, in March 2020, four employees involved in sexual harassment were also sacked.
They included Prof Dr Bakhtiar Khan, Assistant Professor Imran Qureshi, Game Supervisor Hikmatullah, and Laboratory Attendant Hafeezullah.
The first case of sexual harassment at KP’s Gomal University surfaced in 2010 which had sparked fury.