{"id":6381,"date":"2018-06-06T08:12:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T08:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2021-12-15T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T08:14:00","slug":"hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/","title":{"rendered":"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-left:180px;--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Press release<\/p>\n<p><strong>HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lahore<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>6 June 2018<\/strong>. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has taken serious exception to the controversial choice of a new vice-chancellor for Punjab University and called for a review of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued here today, HRCP has said: \u2018The Punjab government\u2019s unnecessary and harmful meddling in the selection of a new vice-chancellor for Punjab University has resulted in a controversial choice that will make it impossible for the institution to function smoothly. The professor selected for this highly sensitive job is reported to have served at some point as head of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba (IJT)\u2014the student body protected and indulged by dictatorial regimes to hold the university hostage through violence and ideological blackmail. The list of teachers hounded out of their posts and otherwise harried by the IJT is quite long. Still longer is the list of students beaten up and thrown by the roadside for having disagreed with the IJT.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It may not be possible for the new VC to resist pressure from his former comrades. Even if he can strike a neutral posture, knowledge of his past will embolden the Jamiat to keep the campus on the boil and non-partisan faculty members and students under ceaseless threat. The appropriate authorities must review the selection of a new head of the university.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Further, HRCP has strong reservations about the process of selection of vice-chancellors of public sector universities\u2014particularly about the hold the provincial government and its bureaucracy have over this process. The Commission would like to call for a new and fair selection procedure. It may also be time to appoint a high-powered, broad-based national commission to pull education out of the rut into which it has fallen.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Mehdi Hasan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chairperson<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:9.6%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-widget-area awb-widget-area-element fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\" style=\"--awb-title-size:18px;--awb-title-color:#333333;--awb-padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\" data-id=\"tweets-widget-2\">#tweets-widget-2 li { border-color:#ebeaea;}<\/style><div id=\"tweets-widget-2\" class=\"widget tweets\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-color: #ebeaea;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRCP87\" data-tweet-limit=\"5\" data-width=\"\" data-height=\"900\" width=\"\" height=\"900\" data-theme=\"light\" data-link-color=\"#ff9800\" data-border-color=\"#ebeaea\" data-chrome=\"\">Tweets by HRCP87<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC - HRCP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC - HRCP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HRCP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-06T08:12:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-15T08:14:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HRCPDefaultImage.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"302\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamal Ahmad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamal Ahmad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jamal Ahmad\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11dc4daa6f104abadceb84598ac1d679\"},\"headline\":\"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-06T08:12:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-15T08:14:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1130,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"English\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/\",\"name\":\"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC - HRCP\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-06T08:12:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-15T08:14:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/\",\"name\":\"HRCP\",\"description\":\"Human Rights Commission of Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Human Rights Commission of Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/HRCPDefaultImage.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/HRCPDefaultImage.jpg\",\"width\":540,\"height\":302,\"caption\":\"Human Rights Commission of Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11dc4daa6f104abadceb84598ac1d679\",\"name\":\"Jamal Ahmad\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e08f59c4e3bfd509a8722a2c1832b1c419872a610f7a0b39f6687a0101a1dcbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e08f59c4e3bfd509a8722a2c1832b1c419872a610f7a0b39f6687a0101a1dcbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e08f59c4e3bfd509a8722a2c1832b1c419872a610f7a0b39f6687a0101a1dcbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jamal Ahmad\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/hrcp-web.org\\\/hrcpweb\\\/author\\\/jamal-ahmad\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC - HRCP","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC - HRCP","og_url":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/","og_site_name":"HRCP","article_published_time":"2018-06-06T08:12:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-15T08:14:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":540,"height":302,"url":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HRCPDefaultImage.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jamal Ahmad","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jamal Ahmad","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/"},"author":{"name":"Jamal Ahmad","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#\/schema\/person\/11dc4daa6f104abadceb84598ac1d679"},"headline":"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC","datePublished":"2018-06-06T08:12:48+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-15T08:14:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/"},"wordCount":1130,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#organization"},"articleSection":["English"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/","url":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/","name":"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC - HRCP","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-06-06T08:12:48+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-15T08:14:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-slates-questionable-choice-of-universitys-vc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HRCP slates questionable choice of university\u2019s VC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/","name":"HRCP","description":"Human Rights Commission of Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#organization","name":"Human Rights Commission of Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HRCPDefaultImage.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HRCPDefaultImage.jpg","width":540,"height":302,"caption":"Human Rights Commission of Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/#\/schema\/person\/11dc4daa6f104abadceb84598ac1d679","name":"Jamal Ahmad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e08f59c4e3bfd509a8722a2c1832b1c419872a610f7a0b39f6687a0101a1dcbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e08f59c4e3bfd509a8722a2c1832b1c419872a610f7a0b39f6687a0101a1dcbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e08f59c4e3bfd509a8722a2c1832b1c419872a610f7a0b39f6687a0101a1dcbd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jamal Ahmad"},"url":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/author\/jamal-ahmad\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6382,"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions\/6382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}