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PLD 2021 Federal Statutes 769 PLD 2021 Federal Statutes 769 ACT XLVIII OF 2021 AL-KARAM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ACT, 2021 An Act to provide for the establishment of the Al-Karam International Institute [Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary, Part I, 9th December, 2021] No. F. 23(28)/2020-Legis, dated 1.12.2021.---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on the 1st December, 2021 is hereby published for general information:- WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of the Al-Karam International institute in the private sector for promotion of special studies and for matters ancillary thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER - II THE INSTITUTE 4. Functions of the Institute.---The Institute shall perform the following functions:- (i) to provide for education and scholarship in such branches of knowledge as it may deem fit with special focus on research in Islamic Shariah 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 Institute 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 Institute 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 institute and other universities, educational institutions and research organizations, inside as well as outside Pakistan; (ix) to provide career counseling 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 Institute; (xiii) to confer degrees on persons who have carried on independent research under prescribed conditions; (xiv) to accept the examinations passed and the period of study spent by students of the Institute at other universities and places of learning equivalent to such examinations and periods of study in the Institute, as it may prescribe, and to withdraw such acceptance; (xv) to co-operate with the universities, public authorities or private organizations, inside as well as outside Pakistan; in such manner and for such purposes as may be prescribed; (xvi) to institute Professorships, Associate Professorships, Assistant Professorships and Lecturerships and any other posts and to appoint persons thereto; (xvii) to create posts for research, extension, administration and other related purposes and to appoint persons thereto; (xviii) to institute and award financial assistance to students in need, fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals and prizes under prescribed conditions; (xix) to establish departments, schools, colleges, campuses, faculties, institutes, museums and other centers of learning for the development of teaching and research and to make such arrangements for their maintenance, management and administration, inside Pakistan as well as outside Pakistan under prescribed conditions; (xx) to provide for the residence of the students of the Institute and the colleges, to institute and maintain halls of residence and to approve or license hostels and lodging; (xxi) to maintain order, discipline and security on the campuses of the Institute and the colleges; (xxii) to promote the extracurricular and recreational activities of such students, and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare; (xxiii) to demand and receive such fees and other charges as it may determine; (xxiv) to make provision for research, advisory or consultancy services and with these objects to enter into arrangements with other institutions public or private bodies, commercial and industrial enterprises under prescribed conditions; (xxv) to enter into, carry out, vary or cancel contracts; (xxvi) to receive and manage property transferred and giants, contributions made to the Institute and to invest any fund representing such property, grants, bequests, trusts, gifts, donations, endowments or contributions in such manner as it may deem fit; (xxvii) to provide for the printing and publication of research and other works; and (xxviii) to do such other acts and things as may be, requisite in order to further the objectives of the Institute as a place of promotion of special studies, educations, learning and research.