A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Minhaj University Lahore was held today, 28th of October 2006 under the Chairmanship of Professor Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Chairman, Board of Governors. Among others, Chief Justice (Retd.) Sh. Riaz Ahmad, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nazir Romani, Vice Chancellor, Mr. Farooq Amjad Mir, MNA / Parliamentary Secretary, Malik Muhammad Aslam Advocate, Prof. Humayun Ihsan, Principal, Pakistan Law College and others attended the meeting.

Professor Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul- Qadri welcome the members on the inaugural session of the Board of Governors and expressed the hope that the cooperation of the members will enable the University to flourish and develop its academic program diligently. He hoped that it would uphold the academic standards in future.

The Board of Governors nominated members to complete the Constitution of the Academic Council, Board of Faculties, Selection Board, Board of Advanced Studies and Research, Finance and Planning Committee, etc. The Board also approved Statutes and Regulations pertaining to various graduate and post graduate courses. The Board also delegated various duties, powers and functions to the Vice Chancellor, Deans, Registrar, Treasurer and Controller of Examinations. The Board further approved the rules of procedure for holding the meetings of the Board of Governors, Academic Council, Selection Board, Board of Advanced Studies and Research, etc.

The Board approved the format of the degrees to be awarded to the successful candidates of the University. It also approved the regulations relating to M.Phil and Ph.D. Decisions relating to the model Ordinance sent by the Higher Education Commission and HEC Minimum Quality Criteria for M.Phil and Ph.D. level studies were also taken.