KARACHI: Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Shahid Kamal was killed in a car accident on Monday. According to the rescue sources, VC Kamal was on his way to Faisalabad from Lahore when his car met an accident near Sahianwala. His body was shifted to a local hospital for medico-legal formalities.
Prof Dr Kamal was an internationally acknowledged scholar in the field of statistics. He earned his PhD degree in Applied Biostatistics from the University of Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom (UK). He had over 30-year experience of teaching, research and administration. He served as dean, director, principal, and professor at University of the Punjab, Lahore. He developed many institutes and centers including Operation Research Centre and Statistical Databank.
He initiated many master degree programmes at University of the Punjab. He was the author of two books and contributed a great number of research articles in reputable national and international research journals. He also supervised many research scholars at MPhil and PhD levels. He had joined GCU Faisalabad as the VC on July 24, 2019.