Pak begins search for a Sikh face after to head BGNU

AMRITSAR

: While the Pakistan government has appointed VC of Government College University,

Lahore

,

Professor Asghar Zaidi

as the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Baba Guru Nanak University (BGNU), it is a temporary posting for six months only and the Pak government has begun the search for a Sikh face to head the university.

While talking to TOI, Pakistan Punjab governor Chaudhary Mohammad Sarwar said that they had appointed all the vice chancellors in the universities of Punjab on merit and had given additional charge of VC to Zaidi to take the best of his services for the ground development as required .

“We will develop BGNU at par with international standards” he said.

Sources informed that Zaidi had been given the additional charge for six months to expedite the setting up of the BGNU using his academic expertise while the Pakistan government searches for a suitable Sikh candidate to run BGNU.

"They actually need an intellectual Sikh face to head a university which will be known exclusively for Sikh studies, Punjabi, Sikh religious affairs etc. to gain help and sympathy of Sikh diasporas (and) to send their children to study in

Nankana Sahib

and also invest in developing religious infrastructure," said a source.

Zaidi in his message said, "I pledge to work towards the goal of making BGNU an international centre of excellence for the study of Sikhism and for the promotion of Punjabi language, culture and music”.