The Punjab Governor Names Aitchison College’s New Principal
On Sunday, Dr. SM Turab Hussain was named the new principal of Aitchison College by Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider. Governor Haider presided over a meeting of the Aitchison College Board of Governors where the decision was taken.
At the end of the board meeting, which was attended by prominent members Ali Ayyaz Sadiq, Mustafa Ramday, Ali Pervaiz Malik, and Khwaja Hassan, Dr. Hussain’s nomination was unanimously approved. The esteemed institution has been without a principal for the previous two months.
Following the resignation of former Principal Michael A. Thompson, a vacancy occurred. Thompson resigned from his position, citing continuous meddling in the college’s operations during the past year by the Governor House. His resignation served as a protest against what he saw as excessive influence, bringing up an instance involving the outgoing governor, Balighur Rehman. Rehman had granted the two children of Ahad Cheema, the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and a former bureaucrat, a three-year leave of absence and full waiver of fees. Thompson apparently resigned as a result of this decision being made without getting his approval.
Thompson stood by his decision to rescind his resignation in the face of pleas from the government to change his mind, keeping the chief position vacant until Dr. Hussain’s current appointment.
Dr. SM Turab Hussain, who was an associate professor at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School before coming to Aitchison College, is a treasure of experience. It is anticipated that his experience in academia and administration will guide the organisation towards sustained success.
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