Pakistan Private Schools & two-day weekend
'Private schools not taken onboard over two-day weekend'
Lahore, Apr 28: The government did not issue any formal notice to private
educational institutions for observing a two holidays in a week, All
Pakistan Private Schools Management Association President Adeeb Javdani
said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference at the Lahore Press
Club, he said they had not been given any formal notice but educational
teams raided private schools across Punjab on Saturday demanding that
schools be shut down immediately. He said if educational teams tried to
close down schools forcefully, they would strongly resist it. "Pakistan
is a developing country and cannot afford two days off at schools.
Students will not be able to cover their syllabi if schools were to
remain close for two days in a week," Javdani added. "We strongly
condemn the government decision of closing of private schools for two
days and the schools will continue to remain open for six days as per
routine," he said. Daily times
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New Punjab schools timings
Lahore: The Punjab school education department on Tuesday
notified new school timings from Monday to Thursday spanning almost
seven hours from 7:15am to 2pm. There will be nine periods of 35-minute each with a 45-minute break. On Friday, the schools will observe timings from 7:15am to 12:45pm with a 15-minute break. Dawn
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Again a male in race for FJMC principal slot
Lahore: Senior male professors are once again in the race to win the
office of the principal of Fatima Jinnah Medical College (an
institution of the female students) going to be vacant next month,
disclosed college sources on Monday. Sources said since inception of
Pakistan, seven male professors remained posted as principal of the
FJMC for 33 years while nine female professors could get themselves
posted on the said post for only 27 years after litigation and hard
struggle against male professors. A female professor of the college
seeking anonymity, said FJMC was an institution meant to impart
education to the female students and there should be a female head of
the institution. No female professor has ever been appointed as head of
any institution of the male students. So there is no logic behind
appointment of a male as head of a female institution, she said. Female
professors have always been facing problems for their appointment as
FJMC principal and keeping in view the said situation in 1980, then
secretary health Brig S Khawaja had issued a notification stating that
while making promotions and appointments in the college the senior
female staff should be preferred. But the directions contained in the
notifications were not implemented in letter and spirit and
appointments on political basis continued and male professors backed by
political parties were appointed as principal of FJMC, said another
female professor. In the past, Dr Shabnam Iqbal Niazi, a female
professor has filed a writ petition in the court against appointment of
Dr Zafar Aziz Khan as FJMC principal. She was successful in
getting her viewpoint validated by the court and was appointed as
principal of the college. Similarly, there remained a tug of war
between Professor Dr Akbar Ch and Dr Shahina Manzoor when former was
appointed as Principal of the college in 2002.
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FMJC affiliation case hearing adjourned
Lahore: Lahore High Court on Monday adjourned till May 11 the hearing
of a suo moto case against affiliation of Fatima Jinnah Medical Collage
(FJMC) with the University of Health Sciences (UHS). An
application for adjournment was submitted to the court of Chief Justice
Khawaja Sharif on Monday on behalf of the counsel for UHS and on this
the court deferred the hearing till May 11. The chief justice directed
the Punjab govt to submit on next date hearing the minutes of the
meeting, in which FJMC was affiliated to UHC from Punjab University.
The FJMC students had resented the decision of the govt to affiliate it
with newly-made UHS against the consent of the students. The chief
justice had taken a suo moto notice of the matter on the continuous
protests of students of FJMC against the affiliation of the collage
with UHS by detaching it from Punjab University. The nation
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Teachers for implementing pay body proposals
Gujranwala: The Punjab Teachers Union staged a rally on
Tuesday to press the government for acceptance of their demands. The teachers gathered outside the Government Iqbal High School and marched on GT Road up to Gondlanwala Chowk. Speaking to the participants, PTU provincial president Hafiz Ghulam
Mohayyuddin and district president Nazar Muhammad Cheema demanded that
all qualified teachers should be given qualification allowance while
group insurance be converted into life insurance. They
demanded that their salaries should be enhanced in accordance with the
recommendation of the Pay and Pension Commission from January 2010.
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Clerks, UHS employees stage protest
Lahore: All Pakistan Clerk Association (APCA) carried out protest
rallies against the provincial administration for not regularising them. The
protests rallies were held on Sandah Road and Cooper Road wherein the
members of APCA were chanting slogans for their demands. They
stressed the provincial government to give them proper attention so
that they and their families could also spend a prosperous life. Meanwhile,
the contract employees of University of Health Sciences (UHS) also
staged a protest demonstration in front of the Punjab Assembly. They
were also demanding regularization of their services. They said it was the 33rd day since they were protesting but Punjab CM and governor didn't take any action in this regard. They
said UHS Vice Chancellor Dr Malik Hussain Mubasshar in collaboration
with the UHS Board of Governors Chairman Ishaq Dar has started
recruiting new employees instead of giving old and experienced ones a
chance in the UHS.
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Govt to facilitate KEMU: PA speaker
Lahore: Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal said on
Tuesday that the provincial government would provide all facilities to
the King Edward Medical University (KEMU) to improve standard of the
university. He was addressing a seminar on cancer arranged by
the Radiology Department of the KEMU. He said students of the
university would be provided with all modern education opportunities.
Pakistan is rich in talent but there is only need to raise the
standard, he added. KEMU Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Zafer Ullah
Khan said the university administration was trying it best for the
provision of high standard education to the students. Mayo Hospital Medical Superintend Dr Zahid Parvez said that the hospital had been providing free health facility. Radiology Department Chairman Dr Khawaha Rasheed and Dr Sarwat Hussain also spoke on the occasion.
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Painting exhibition at UET
Lahore: University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (retd)
Muhammad Akram Khan inaugurated the two-day All Pakistan Environmental
Painting, Sketching and Photography Exhibition at the university here
on Tuesday. The news
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