Govt urged to hand over control of Karachi's Fuuast to Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu
KARACHI: President of the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu Pakistan Wajid Jawad has demanded that the government hand over the administration and management of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Fuuast) to its founding and owning body, the Anjuman. Mr Jawad was speaking at a ceremony at the Abdul Haq campus of Fuuast to mark the 65th death anniversary of Baba-i-Urdu Maulvi Abdul…
President of the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu Pakistan, Wajid Jawad, has urged the government to transfer control of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Fuuast) to its founding body, the Anjuman. Addressing a ceremony at the Abdul Haq campus of Fuuast to commemorate the 65th death anniversary of Baba-i-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq, Jawad expressed concern over the university's shift from Urdu to English as its medium of instruction.
He emphasized that the institution was established with the primary objective of making Urdu the language of instruction and providing education in all disciplines through the medium of Urdu. Jawad recalled a university Syndicate meeting where he questioned the language used for teaching, and was told that it was English, despite the university law requiring Urdu to be the medium of instruction.
The Anjuman president highlighted that the land for Fuuast's Abdul Haq and Gulshan-i-Iqbal campuses had been acquired by the Anjuman, which made the establishment of the university possible. Additionally, the Anjuman is working towards adapting Baba-i-Urdu's mission to the digital era and reviving his historic office as a hub for literary, intellectual, and cultural activities.
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