LAHORE – The Government College University (GCU) Lahore Syndicate has dismissed a lecturer of Physical Education Programme after finding him guilty of sexual harassment.
The dismissal came five months after an MSc student lodged a complaint with the varsity administration against lecturer Javed Bajwa, accusing him of making physical advances and sending objectionable text messages to her.
The administration had forwarded the complaint to the Anti-Harassment Committee formed under the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 which summoned both the complainant and the accused for a formal inquiry.
After holding several meetings, the committee gave its findings on the basis of the pieces of evidence and statements of the complainant, witnesses and the accused.
The body observed that the lecturer failed to defend himself against the charges leveled.
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The committee had suggested the varsity administration impose maximum penalty on the accused, following which the administration placed the issue in its 57th Syndicate meeting.
According to a notification the competent authority, in its 57th meeting held on July 7 unanimously decided to impose major penalty of dismissal from service upon Mr Javed Bajwa, lecturer, Physical Education Programme under the provision 4(4)(ii)(d) of The Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 with effect from July 7, 2018, (the date of decision of the Syndicate).’
