Sindh HEC is now under Murad Ali Shah

The Sindh Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been withdrawn from the Department of Universities and Boards and put under the Secretariat of the Chief Minister after reforms made to the provincial government's official business rules.

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According to a notification, the Chairman of the Sindh Higher Education Commission, Dr. Asim Hussain, will now work under Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah.

Earlier, the Sindh government raised reservations about the federal HEC canceling the two-year degree program and declared that the province would continue the degree program.

"The process of abolishing the two-year degree programs is an attack on provincial sovereignty," said Universities and Boards Advisor Nisar Ahmed Khuhro. Sindh opposes these federal HEC initiatives, and the two-year curriculum under the Universities Act will continue for universities in Sindh.

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"In 2018, the Sindh Assembly passed the Sindh Universities Amendment Act that gave universities authority so that they could function under their statutes," he said.