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ISLAMABAD: Even as the ruling party is under fire for their ‘nepotistic’ style of governance, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has picked the younger brother of his adviser on national affairs to head the leading distance-learning university of the country
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President Mamnoon Hussain, on the advice of the prime minister, on Thursday appointed Professor Dr Shahid Siddiqui, the younger brother of Irfan Siddiqui, as Vice Chancellor of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU).

In addition, the president also appointed Professor Javed Ashraf as the VC of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) and Professor Dr Masoom Yasinzai as the Rector of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI).

Speaking to Dawn, Irfan Siddiqui said his brother was selected purely on merit. “He is a competent person and was selected on merit, not because he is my brother,” he added.

The prime minister selected the three educationists from a list of nine (three against each post) sent to him by a search committee headed by Education Minister Mohammad Balighur Rehman.

Published in Dawn, October 3rd, 2014
Brother of PM’s aide appointed AIOU VC - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
 

ISLAMABAD: Even as the ruling party is under fire for their ‘nepotistic’ style of governance, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has picked the younger brother of his adviser on national affairs to head the leading distance-learning university of the country
.

President Mamnoon Hussain, on the advice of the prime minister, on Thursday appointed Professor Dr Shahid Siddiqui, the younger brother of Irfan Siddiqui, as Vice Chancellor of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU).

In addition, the president also appointed Professor Javed Ashraf as the VC of the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) and Professor Dr Masoom Yasinzai as the Rector of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI).

Speaking to Dawn, Irfan Siddiqui said his brother was selected purely on merit. “He is a competent person and was selected on merit, not because he is my brother,” he added.

The prime minister selected the three educationists from a list of nine (three against each post) sent to him by a search committee headed by Education Minister Mohammad Balighur Rehman.

Published in Dawn, October 3rd, 2014
Brother of PM’s aide appointed AIOU VC - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Dr. Shahid Siddiqui is Professor and Head of the Centre for Humanities & Social Sciences at the Lahore School of Economics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from University of Toronto, Canada, M.Ed. TESOL from University of Manchester, U.K. and MA English Literature from Pakistan. He has been involved with Educational system of Pakistan in various capacities - as a teacher, teacher educator, and researcher. His areas of interest include language issues, educational change, and critical pedagogy. Prior to joining the Lahore School of Economics, he worked with the Aga Khan University, the GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, and Lahore University of Management Sciences.
He has presented in a number of national and international conferences and has published in national and international journals. Some of his publications include: Rethinking Education in Pakistan: Practices, Problems & Possibilities (2007), ‘Educational Innovation for Sustainable Teacher Development, Educational Awakening’, Journal of the Educational Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 61-80, 2004; ‘Commodification of education’. Educate: Quarterly on Development and Education. Issue No. 3, Vol. No.3, 29-31, 2004; ‘Going beyond method’, chapter in Language Policy and Planning: The South Asian Perspective. Oxford University Press 2003, pp. 138-142.
Dr Shahid Siddiqui
 


There are hell lots of other qualified and competent people around, maybe more than this dude. But King Noora bin Abdul Aziz could only find brother of his adviser in a country of 18 crore people..
 
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