New FAPUASA leadership vows to tackle faculty issues

Islamabad:Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Associations (FAPUASA) held its General Body Meeting (GBM) and Central Elections 2025 at the Auditorium of Allama Iqbal Open University, here Wednesday.

Academic Staff Associations (ASAs) from public-sector universities across the country participated in the event to elect new Central and Chapter Cabinets. The newly elected Central Cabinet includes D. Mazhar Iqbal (Quaid-i-Azam University) as President, Dr Akhtiar Ali Ghumro (Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur) as Vice President, Fareed Khan Achakzai (Baluchistan University) as General Secretary, Dr Muhammad Jadoon Khan (COMSATS University Islamabad) as Media Secretary and Dr Firoz Shah (University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar) and Dr. Javed Ali Gadhai as Executive Members.

For the Punjab Chapter, Dr Muhammad Islam was elected as President, Dr Riaz Hussain Sindher as General Secretary, and Dr. Irum Sultana as Executive Member. The Sindh Chapter elected Dr Fahad Nazeer Khoso as President, Dr Mohsin as Vice President, Abdur Rehman Nagraj as General Secretary and Dr Kamran Zakaria as Executive Member. In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Dr Dilnawaz Khan was elected President, and the Vice Presidents elected were Dr Nasir Gul (South region), Dr Nazar Khan (Hazara region), Dr Syed Akhtar (Malakand region) and Dr Atif Sardar (Peshawar region). Dr Ghani Rehman was elected as General Secretary. Dr Iqbal Ahmad Alvi was elected as Media Secretary and Dr Muhammad Farooq as Finance Secretary. The Balochistan Chapter elected Dr Kaleem Ullah Bareech as President, Sohail Anwar Baloch as General Secretary, and Abdul Salam Maftoon as Executive Member. For the Islamabad Chapter, Dr Iqbal Jatoi was elected President, Dr Faiz Rahim as General Secretary and Dr. Junaid Ali as Executive m ember.

During the GBM, FAPUASA members discussed major challenges faced by university faculty across the country. Key concerns included inadequate funding for the higher education sector, the absence of clear promotion and service structures for BPS faculty, issues with HEC's post-PhD experience policy, delays in selection boards, widespread ad-hocism, and the necessity of establishing provincial HECs in KP and Balochistan.