May 20, 2021
KARACHI: The Karachi Coordination Committee was informed on Thursday that the removal of encroachment from the city’s nullahs has been suspended after a court order, ARY News reported.
A session of the committee, constituted for the uplift of the city, was chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.
The meeting was informed that the anti-encroachment drive at Mehmoodabad Nullah, Gujjar Nullah and Orangi Nullah, has been halted after the Sindh High Court’s restraining order.
The meeting discussed removal of illegal encroachment from the city, funding for various initiatives and other concerned issues.
The session was briefed that 260 MGD K-IV project for the city will be completed with an estimated cost of 60 billion rupees within three years. Till now 11.3 bln rupees have been spent on the project and 2.4 bln rupees have been allocated for the project this year.
Karachi: The Sindh government has banned corporal punishment against students at religious seminaries.
The decision was reached in the latest meeting of the Sindh cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. The meeting took into consideration the draft rules pertaining to the Sindh Prohibition of Corporal Punishment Act-2016. The Sindh government’s Department of School Education presented the rules in the cabinet meeting.
The law envisages that handing down physical punishments to the students in any educational institution of the province becomes a criminal offence against which police could lodge a case.
The rules passed by the Sindh cabinet declare that any act causing physical, mental, and emotional harm to the students would become a criminal offence. The rules further declare that the sexual exploitation of students will also be a punishable act in the province.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali on Friday told the Sindh Assembly that the provincial government would consider increasing salaries of government employees in the next budget. APP/File
KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali on Friday told the Sindh Assembly that the provincial government would consider increasing salaries of government employees in the next budget.
Concluding the pre-budget debate, he admitted that the minimum salary of a government employee was not enough for subsistence, but the provincial government had to take a decision in that regard keeping in view its resources.
Mr Shah said that around Rs50 billion was spent for payment of salaries and retired employees’ pension, excluding employees of local government institutions.
Stakeholders to decide on closure of schools after NCOC meeting
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Sunday Apr 04, 2021
A student wears a protective mask maintaining a safe distance along with others before entering a class after the government allowed reopening of schools from grade six to eight amid the coronavirus disease. Photo: Reuters/File
All stakeholders agree on keeping schools open until NCOC s next decision.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the SELDSteering Committee held on Saturday.
All Pakistan Private Schools Association (APPSA) opposes the closure of schools.
All stakeholders, including private school associations, School Education and Literacy department’s (SELD) officials, and education experts, concurred on keeping schools open until the provincial task force on coronavirus prepared its final report for National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) s next meeting.