The federal government has removed the Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Dr. Tariq Banuri, with the passage of the new Higher Education Commission (Amendment) Ordinance 2021.
According to a notification issued by the Government of Pakistan on 26 March, the “Higher Education Commission Ordinance 2002, as amended vide Higher Education Commission (Amendment) Ordinance 2021, Dr. Tariq Banuri has ceased to be the Chairperson, Higher Education Commission” with immediate effect.
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Dr. Tariq Banuri had been appointed as the Chairman for a four-year term in May 2018 by the then-Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
