For the first time in 59 years, the Union Government has completely restructured the Senate and Syndicate of Panjab University (PU), transforming the Syndicate from elected to a fully nominated body.

Constituted on November 1, 1966, the top decision-making Syndicate of the 142-year-old university, originally established in Lahore in 1882, will now function without elections, marking a decisive shift from political to academic control, highly placed sources told The Tribune on Friday evening.

The sweeping changes, notified under the PU Act, 1947 (East Punjab Act 7 of 1947), have abolished the Graduate constituency altogether and slashed the Senate’s strength from 90 members to just 31, including 18 elected, six nominated and seven ex-officio. For the first time, the Chandigarh MP, the U

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