On one hand HEC is claiming that it has set up monitoring cells for research journals to uplift quality of research, however, the commission doesn’t follow its own rules. As it claims that HJRS recognises only those journals which were indexed by Scopus and Web of Science — which are international research journal indexing companies.
But HEC has recognised the Ancient Punjab in its “Y category” despite, the said journal not being indexed by these two companies. When this scribe approached the HEC to know their stance, an officer of the HEC’s media department demanded they will ask the higher authorities to respond to these questions, and after that they will inform hold further correspondence.