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THE ABASYN UNIVERSITY ACT, 2009 THE ABASYN UNIVERSITY ACT, 2009. (1[KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] ACT NO. XIII OF 2009) [First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the 1[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] in the Gazette of 1[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] (Extraordinary) ,dated the 24th October, 2009] 1.Substituted vide Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Act No. IV of 2011 AN ACT to provide for the establishment of a University at Peshawar in the name of Abasyn University. Preamble.---WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of a University at Peshawar in the name of Abasyn University, in the private sector, and for matters ancillary thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows: CHAPTER -II THE UNIVERSITY 4. Powers of the University.---The University shall have the following powers, namely: (i) to provide for education and scholarship in such branches of knowledge as it may deem fit, and to make provision for research, service to society and for the application, advancement and dissemination of knowledge in such manner as it may determine; (ii) to prescribe courses of studies to be conducted by it and the colleges; (iii) to hold examinations and to award and confer degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions to and on persons who have been admitted to and have passed its examinations under prescribed conditions; (iv) to prescribe the terms and conditions of employment of the officers, teachers and other employees of the University and to lay down terms and conditions that may be different from those applicable to government servants in general; (v) to engage, where necessary, persons on contracts of specified duration and to specify the terms of each engagement; (vi) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions on approved persons in the manner prescribed; (vii) to provide for such instruction for persons not being students of the University as it may prescribe, and to grant certificates and diplomas to such persons; (viii) to institute programmes for the exchange of students and teachers between the University and other universities, educational institutions and research organisations, inside as well as outside Pakistan; (ix) to provide career counselling and job search services to students and alumni; (x) to maintain linkages with alumni; (xi) to develop and implement fund-raising plans; (xii) to provide and support the academic development of the faculty of the University; (xiii) to confer degrees on persons who have carried on independent research under prescribed conditions; (xiv) to affiliate and disaffiliate educational institutions under prescribed conditions within and outside Pakistan; (xv) to inspect colleges and other educational institutions affiliated or seeking affiliation with it; (xvi) to accept the examinations passed and the period of study spent by students of the University at other universities and places of learning equivalent to such examinations and periods of study in the University, as it may prescribe, and to withdraw such acceptance; (xvii) to co-operate with other Universities, public authorities or private organisations, inside as well as outside Pakistan, in such manner and for such purposes as it may prescribe; (xviii) to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships and Lectureships and any other posts and to appoint persons thereto; (xix) to create posts for research, extension, administration and other related purposes and to appoint persons thereto; (xx) to recognize selected members of the teaching staff of affiliated colleges or educational institutions admitted to the privileges of the University or such other persons as it may deem fit, as University Teachers; (xxi) to institute and award financial assistance to students in need, fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals and prizes under prescribed conditions; (xxii) to establish teaching departments, schools, colleges, faculties, institutes, academies, museums and other centres of learning within as well as out side Pakistan for the development of teaching and research and to make such arrangements for their maintenance, management and administration as it may prescribe; (xxiii) to provide for the residence of the students of the University and the colleges, to institute and maintain halls of residence and to approve or license hostels and lodging; (xxiv) to maintain order, discipline and security on the campuses of the University; (xxv) to promote the extra curricular and recreational activities of such students, and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare; (xxvi) to demand and receive such fees and other charges as it may determine; (xxvii) to make provision for research, advisory or consultancy services and with these objectives to enter into arrangements with other institutions, public or private bodies, commercial and industrial enterprises under prescribed conditions; (xxviii) to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; (xxix) to receive and manage property transferred and grants, contributions made to the University and to invest any fund representing such property, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments or contributions in such manner as it may deem fit; (xxx) to provide for the printing and publication of research and other works; and (xxxi) to do all such other acts and things, whether incidental to the powers aforesaid or not, as may be requisite or expedient in order to further the objectives of the University as a place of education, learning, and research.