By the End of this year, the number of Jobless PhDs in the country will cross 3,000, according to the PhD Association of Pakistan. Expressing their unease over the High number of unemployed PhDs, PAP office-bearers said the Govt had been paying No Attention to Resolve the troubles being faced by the PhD scholars in the country and no effective steps had been taken by the authorities concerned for the Placement of the unemployed PhDs in varsities and higher educational institutes. Meanwhile, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) chairman, Dr Tariq Banuri, in a statement has said that around 45,000 non-PhD faculty members are currently Employed in state-run varsities across Pakistan. Neither have the universities shown the proclivity to incorporate unemployed PhDs instead of non-PhDs in the academia nor have the relevant authorities taken any tangible measures to provide jobs to them. Likewise, Public and private sector varsities seem to prefer recruiting non-PhD faculty members in sheer violation of the HEC’s directives. On the one hand, fresh PhDs are protesting against not getting jobs and on the other hand, many Educational institutes have been hiring retired Teachers on a contractual basis and as visiting faculty member. This trend is not only discouraging for fresh PhDs but also a Clear violation of orders of the apex court.“If the negligent attitude and such Discouraging policies continue under which retired people are being reappointed as Teachers instead of #Fresh and Energetic PhD Doctors, Pakistan would face a severe shortage of PhDs in the future, which would hamper its academic and research Progress,” said PAP Patron in Chief Dr Sidra Bajwa. She called on the authorities to Ensure the Formulation and implementation of an #Effective Policy to integrate the local and foreign Qualified PhDs in the academia of Pakistan.