KARACHI - Student wings of various political parties have been mounting pressure on the Karachi University administration to admit over 400 students that would directly benefit them (unions).
A university official, on the condition of anonymity, said that in the past, a quota of admissions was given to the student wings, through which they used to make lot of money.
In 2011, some elements in the KU administration had misused the sports quota and given around 400 excess admissions to various students below merit. It may be mentioned here that on January 13, demanding “illegal admissions”, hundreds of students, belonging to various unions, went berserk on the campus, forcing the varsity to postpone examinations of B-Com. This protest was the worst example of vandalism, wherein the students ransack examination centres. Later on January 14, another demonstration was staged in front of the KU Admin Block.
KU Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Shahana Urooj Kazmi said that the varsity had already clarified that unjustified protests could not force the administration to grant illegal admissions to anyone. “Admissions on merit have been closed and now classes for the new academic session would commence from January 16.”
She said that some students, mostly of northern areas, were demanding below merit admissions that were not possible for the administration because the Academic Council had “say” in such matters. KU Admissions’ Committee Director Prof Dr Khalid Iraqi said that the protests of the student unions were totally unjustified.
Concept mapping help in learning process: The concept mapping is helpful in the learning process. This was stated by the Principal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Prof Dr Tipu Sultan.
He was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the All Pakistan Construction of Concept Map in Bio-Chemistry Competition. The contest was held under the auspices of Bahria University Medical and Dental College here. Concept maps were developed to enhance meaningful learning in the sciences and used as educational tool.
As many as 40 students of various medical colleges participated in the competition. Four of them were declared as successful for the Concept Map prize. Muhammad Salman Haider of Peshawar Medical College was declared as the first.

The second prize went to Mariam Fatima of the Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore. Third position was shared by Islamabad Medical and Dental College’s Rida Islam and Sir Syed College of medical Sciences’ Kanwal Khumani. The winners of the contest were presented with shields as well as certificates.
Head of the Bio-Chemistry department at the Bahria University Medical and dental College Karachi, Dr Mukhtar Baig, shed light on the concept mapping competition.