Pakistan's University Professors: No Raise in Five Years, No Pension, No Answer

The researchers who produce over 75 percent of Pakistan's academic output are earning the same salary they earned in 2021. Their BPS colleagues received 71 percent more in the same period.

In the HEC’s standard Deed of Agreement for postdoctoral fellowship recipients, Clause 26 requires the scholar to pledge they will not protest HEC policies. Clause 5 bars them from seeking foreign citizenship. Clause 19 stipulates that their passport may be forfeited if the HEC deems them non-compliant. Clause 29 requires them to surrender 25 percent of…