KU staff to celebrate Eid with empty pockets

KARACHI - Due to shortage of funds, the administration of Karachi University (KU) is forced to pay only partial Eid advance, comprising on half salary, to its academic and non-academic staff this year on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.

The KU employees, who usually avail loan facility at the campus, are worried over the varsity funds deprivation as the public universities, including KU, are still suffering from monetary crisis due to the refusal of federal finance ministry to release the Higher Education Commission’s fourth quarterly instalment for development, The Nation was told on Wednesday.