16,506 students still default on fee payments

As many as 16,506 students of University of Karachi's morning, evening shifts as well as from the Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA) programme have not paid their dues of more than Rs2,101.5 million for a period from 2020 to 2024. The figure for defaulter students does not include the research scholars enrolled for MPhil/PhD and other postgraduate programsme.

This data was shared during a meeting which was chaired by KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, held at the VC Secretariat on Wednesday.

It was recommended in the meeting that defaulters should not be allowed to appear in the exams and their admit cards should not be issued. The proposal to cancel the enrollment/degrees of defaulter graduate students was also discussed during the meeting.

The participants were informed that 22,575 fee vouchers were issued to morning students of which 13,205 students paid their fees and the rest of 9,370 students are still defaulters.

Similarly, 13,425 fee vouchers were issued to the evening programme students out of which only 6,543 students cleared their dues.