18 candidates vying for HEC slot
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A total of 18 candidates will be vying for the post of executive director of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), with the interviews scheduled today (Wednesday).
Sources added that the post was advertised five times. However, the interviews were not completed and the appointment was made on an ad hoc basis. Last month, the Islamabad High Court terminated the appointment of Dr Shaista Sohail as acting executive director.
Following that, a new round of interviews was planned with the process likely to be completed this time with the interviews and the selection of the new executive director.
HEC Chairman Dr Mukhtar will chair the selection board in which education department secretary Waseem Ajmal Chaudhry as well as the secretary of the science and technology departments and other members will participate.
Sources within the department said that the former vice chancellor of the Allama Iqbal Open University, Dr Ziaul Qayyum, was the frontrunner for the post.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 1st, 2023.