No increase in tuition fee, maximum subsidies being provided to students: PU LAHORE: (Thursday, April 19, 2018): Terming demands of Islami Jamiat Talaba a pack of lies, the Punjab University spokesman has said that Punjab University administration has not increased tuition fee in the last 10 years and students were being provided maximum subsidies as compared to all other public and private sector universities in Pakistan. In a press statement, the spokesman said that all the demands of IJT were baseless since the administration had already provided facilities to the students. He said that there no issue of hostel allotment existed and all the students had been accommodated in the hostels on merit. He said that PU Library also remained open on Saturdays from 8am to 9pm as per routine. He said that the university had already started classes of health sciences and the issue of one degree program of IER with Punjab government had already been resolved. The spokesman said that regarding construction of new hostels for girls, the university was yet to receive funds from Punjab government as promised. He said that PU was providing a huge subsidy of Rs 117 million to the students living in hostels. He said that the demand of opening more gates would create security risk for university population and this demand of IJT showed that they wanted to create security issues on campus. Tweet Follow @pu_lhr_official |