LAHORE: (Saturday, April 19, 2025): Punjab University has decided to write to FIA for recovery of millions of rupees from 12 teachers who went abroad on scholarships and absconded. The administration will also write to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior to block the CNICs and passports of the absconding teachers. In a press statement, the PU spokesman said that 56 teachers of Punjab University had received grants worth millions of rupees to do their PhDs abroad, out of which 12 teachers did not join. He said that 7 absconding teachers availed HEC scholarships and 5 teachers availed PU overseas scholarships. He said that according to the law, all teachers are required to return home after doing PhD abroad and serve in the university for 5 years. He said that the absconding teachers had to pay millions of rupees to the university as per the agreement for not joining the duty. According to the spokesperson, Farah Sattar from Center for Geographical Information Systems has absconded without paying more than Rs 7 million, Syed Mohsin Ali of the Center for Geographical Information Systems has absconded without paying more than Rs 14 million, Kiran Ayesha of the Institute of Administrative Sciences has absconded without paying more than Rs 10 million, Rabia Abbas of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics has absconded without paying more than Rs 9 million, Khawaja Khurram Khurshid of the Institute of Quality and Technology Management has absconded without paying more than Rs 8.4 million, Shumaila Ishaq of the Hailey College of Commerce has absconded without paying more than Rs 16.1 million, and Dr. Muhammad Usman Rahim of the Center for Coal Technology has absconded without paying more than Rs 7.2 million. He said that Salman Aziz from the College of Engineering and Emerging Technology absconded without paying more than Rs 9 million, Dr. Seemab Ara Farooqi from the Institute of Administrative Sciences more than Rs 10 million, Samia Mahmood from the Institute of Administrative Sciences more than Rs 11.6 million, Muhammad Nawaz from the Center for Geographical Information Systems more than Rs 7.2 million, and Javeria Iqbal from the PU College of Information Technology more than Rs 6 million. He said that the Punjab University has also terminated 12 absconding teachers from the university service.