Joint Action Committee formed to counter land mafia
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JAC resolves to continue to struggle till resolution of problems
Different associations linked to Quaid-i-Azam University’s (QAU) have joined hands to get outstanding problems resolved and counter the unholy designs of land mafia comprising influential businessmen and politicians.
QAU Alumni Association, Academic Staff Association and Employees Welfare Associations have formed a Joint Action Committee (JAC) to tackle issues like illegal encroachment on university land, illegal occupation and non-demarcation of university land by CDA which amounts to help influential land mafia.
The JAC will be represented by Prof. Dr. Syed Sakhawat Shah , Dr Murtaza Mughal, Dr. Anwar Iqbal, Dr Waheed, Rasheed Khalid, Farzana Altaf Shah , Aziz ul Haq Nishtar , Dr. Sajid Mahmood Awan, Salman Ali, Ch. Riaz, Ch. Wajhat Latif and two student representatives.
The first meeting of the Action Committee held at QAU campus under the chairmanship of Sikandar Ahmed Rai President QAU Alumni Association in which the committee members unanimously resolved to undertake collaborative efforts to protect the top ranked university of Pakistan from land mafia.
The committee members showed serious concerns that due to more than five hundred million rupees of annual deficit and non-approval of mega PC-1, QAU is facing a lot of problems even being ranked as top Pakistani university in various international and national ranking.
Due to financial constraints, the university could not hire faculty members against the 165 vacant slots. The committee formed two sub committees under the chairmanship of senior lawyer Aziz ul Haq Nishtar and senior columnist Dr. Murtaza Mughal.
The committees would deliberate over legal aspect as well as mobilize media and other stakeholders. The committee members also resolved to continue their struggle till resolution of the problems.
