From the list of compulsory subjects for students of science, Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Karachi, removed the national language, before this from the list of compulsory subjects for the students of pharmacy and commerce faculties, Urdu was removed.

From the list of compulsory subjects, the HEC has removed the national language for the students of science faculty, this was told by a person who wished not to mention his name, but is an official of HEC. Uploading of the approved syllabus for the students of science faculty has been done by HEC, in which in the list of compulsory subjects, as told by the official, Urdu was not included, which for graduates was taken as compulsory before.

In the list of compulsory subjects by HEC, some more English subjects were added by removing Urdu from the list, as according to the official.

Urdu was removed, before this, from the list of compulsory subjects for the students of pharmacy and commerce faculties by HEC, who claimed that Urdu, for the students of pharmacy and commerce graduates, does not matter, as further added by the official.