Not acceptable: Hoti demands immediate release of AWKUM VC
Says NAB’s decision undermines his efforts to promote education
Former chief minister Amir Haider Hoti. PHOTO: FILE
MARDAN:
Former chief minister and Awami National Party Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has demanded the immediate release of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) Vice Chancellor Dr Ihsan Ali.
Speaking to journalists at Hoti House in Mardan on Sunday, the ANP leader condemned National Accountability Bureau K-P’s decision to take Ali into custody, saying it undermines his efforts to promote education.
The AWKUM VC was among five officials who were arrested last week for stripping parents and medical students of over Rs550 million.
“Over a short period of time, the VC has managed to carve a niche for the varsity,” he said. “The decision to arrest him is an affront to the commitment he has shown to his work.” Hoti said other countries hold their educationists in high regard.
“However, in Pakistan, we do not extend the same courtesy to those who are leading our country in the right direction. I strongly urge the judiciary to provide justice to Ali.”
Cheating the public
Other officials involved in the scam include Hazara University former VC Professor Dr Syed Sakhawat Shah, NIMS College of Medicine Abbottabad Chairman Dr Muhammad Aziz Khan, former Ayub Medical College principal Professor Dr Muhammad Ayub and HERA ex-chairman Professor Humayun Zia.
A day earlier, NAB arrested Ayub and produced him before an accountability court. He was subsequently put behind bars. NAB will file a corruption reference against him over the next few days.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2015.
Former chief minister and Awami National Party Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has demanded the immediate release of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM) Vice Chancellor Dr Ihsan Ali.
Speaking to journalists at Hoti House in Mardan on Sunday, the ANP leader condemned National Accountability Bureau K-P’s decision to take Ali into custody, saying it undermines his efforts to promote education.
The AWKUM VC was among five officials who were arrested last week for stripping parents and medical students of over Rs550 million.
“Over a short period of time, the VC has managed to carve a niche for the varsity,” he said. “The decision to arrest him is an affront to the commitment he has shown to his work.” Hoti said other countries hold their educationists in high regard.
“However, in Pakistan, we do not extend the same courtesy to those who are leading our country in the right direction. I strongly urge the judiciary to provide justice to Ali.”
Cheating the public
Other officials involved in the scam include Hazara University former VC Professor Dr Syed Sakhawat Shah, NIMS College of Medicine Abbottabad Chairman Dr Muhammad Aziz Khan, former Ayub Medical College principal Professor Dr Muhammad Ayub and HERA ex-chairman Professor Humayun Zia.
A day earlier, NAB arrested Ayub and produced him before an accountability court. He was subsequently put behind bars. NAB will file a corruption reference against him over the next few days.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2015.