Sindh educational institutions closure due to security reasons
All educational institutions in Sindh closed
Karachi, Oct 21: All schools and colleges across the province have been
closed for four days due to security reasons following the twin blasts
at the International Islamic University in Islamabad on Tuesday.
The government and private schools and colleges will remain closed from
Oct 21 to 24, while all public sector and private universities across
the province will be closed on Wednesday. The examinations scheduled
for Oct 21 have also been postponed. All educational
institutions in the province falling within the jurisdiction of the
federal government have been already closed since Monday.
Sindh Education Secretary Rizwan Memon confirmed that private and
government schools and colleges in the province would also stay closed
from Wednesday to Sunday. Similarly, the universities will
be closed on Wednesday, according to an announcement made by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad.
The governor, who is also chancellor of all public sector universities
in the province, has convened an urgent meeting of the vice-chancellors
of all universities on Wednesday to review the security arrangements at
all higher education institutions.According to a spokesman
for the governor, the meeting will take some necessary decisions
keeping in view the security situation in the country. Dr
Ibad remained in touch with the vice-chancellors even on Tuesday to
keep himself abreast with the existing security arrangements at the
campuses, the spokesman said. He said that the governor was informed by
university administrations that strict security arrangements were in
place at the campuses and there seemed no problem in continuing with
the academic activities. Yet the governor, with a view to protecting
the lives of students and teachers, wanted to review the security
measures at the meeting called for Wednesday.
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Karachi university, NED universtiy exams postponed
Karachi: The controller of examinations of Karachi University
announced on Tuesday that all papers of BA, BEd and MEd scheduled for
Oct 21 had been postponed. He said the new date of the examinations
would be announced later. Similarly, the NED University of
Engineering and Technology has also announced postponement of all the
examinations scheduled for Wednesday.According to the
registrar of the NED university, the new date of the postponed papers will be communicated later.
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Sindh University closed
Hyderabad: The Sindh University, Jamshoro will remain closed
on Wednesday, said an announcement on Tuesday.Besides,
the university also cancelled the test for recruitment of lecturers in
computer science for Sindh University Mirpurkhas campus scheduled to be
held on Wednesday.The test will now be conducted on October 22
at 4pm at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (IMCS). Dawn
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IG orders enhanced security at educational institutions
Karachi: Sindh Inspector General of Police Sultan Sallahuddin Babar
Khattak on Tuesday ordered the police officers to beef up security in
all educational institutes in their respective areas. He further
suggested to the administration of the educational institutes that they
should also enhance their own vigilance and if they suspect any unusual
activity, they should immediately inform the police helpline or the
nearest police station. He added that Sindh police have declared red
alert and cancelled all the leaves of police personnel. He further
directed to the police that the lapse of security arrangement in any
area would not be tolerated and they have to perform their duties
effectively. PPI
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Admissions of Sindh student
Karachi: Sindh Law Minister Mohammed Ayaz Soomro assured the
Sindh Assembly on Tuesday that the quota of seats in Karachi University
for students from outside the city would be fully obtained and wherever
students of Sindh liked, they would get admission. He stated
this while replying to a question of the Pakistan People's Party's
Humera Alwani who took exception to the K, S, and P categories devised
at the KU for students from outside Karachi while no other university
had such a policy.
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LAN/WAN use permission
Karachi: The use/operation of a wireless local
area network/wide area network does not require a licence/permission of
the Sindh or federal government, Sindh IT Minister Raza Haroon told the
assembly on Tuesday. He was replying to a question of Arif Mustafa
Jatoi of the National People's Party during the question hour.
He said no licence was required by the "end-user'" as long as a free
frequency band was available. He said WAN was being used in the
government of Sindh. Dawn
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