Punjab government of Pakistan made permanent 2200 contract lecturers. These employees made lecturers for five years through public service communication in year 2009. This is education friendship policy by government of Punjab specially from chief minister Punjab Muhammad shahbaz sharif.
The leaders (Zahid sheikh, Choudhary shahid, Tanveer shah, hanif abbasi, Nasir Rana, Amna Minto, Riaz ul haq, Ishaq goriya, and abdul islam)of punjab professors and lecturers association said thanks to chief minister punjab muhammad shahbaz sharif for the friendship policy for education.