In a first, two female officers shortlisted to spearhead BISE Pindi

Punjab HEC will appoint the chairman next week

RAWALPINDI:

For the first time, the names of two senior female education officers have been included in the list of three shortlisted candidates for the position of the new chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi.

A high-powered committee conducted interviews of 24 senior officers of scale 19 and 20 for the chairmanship and finalised three names before sending them to Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi. After the approval of the chief minister, the Punjab Higher Education Commission will issue a notification for the appointment of the chairman next week.

The names of three shortlisted education officers, who are performing their duties as professors and principals in scale 20, include Professor Adnan Khan, Principal Dr Fariha Nighat and Dr Shamim Akhtar. According to sources, among these three names, Professor Adnan Khan is being declared as the most favourite, but the final decision will be taken by the chief minister.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 2^nd, 2022.