Islamabad—The Chairman Senate Standing Committee
on Education Senator S. M. Zafar Thursday
directed the Ministry of Education to take
foolproof measures, in collaboration with the
Ministry of Interior, for ensuring and enhancing
security of the educational institutions of
Federal Government in view of the prevailing
security environment in the country. The
committee which met here at the Parliament House
took cognizance of the media reports regarding
unwarranted increase in monthly fee by some of
the private schools in the name of additional
security, and instructed the Ministry to take up
the matter with management of such schools and
bring an end to this unhealthy practice
immediately.
Islamabad—The members of
National Assembly Standing Committee on House &
Library Thursday took serious notice of the
absence of Chairman CDA from the meeting and
directed to ensure his presence in the next
meeting of the committee. Moreover, the members
of the committee expressed reservations about
unauthorized and illegal occupation of servant
quarters and lobbies in the parliament
lodges.These reservations were expressed at a
meeting held here at Parliament House under the
chairmanship of Faisal Karim Kundi, Deputy
Speaker. The members were of the view that
illegal occupants were posing severe threat to
the security of the parliament lodges.
Islamabad—With Eid-ul-Azha about two weeks
away, Pakistan Railways has launched online
reservation to facilitate the passengers leaving
for their hometowns to celebrate the religious
festival with dear ones. The preparations have
been finalised to fully facilitate thousands of
passengers, however the final decision regarding
number of special trains and attachment of extra
boggies will be taken from the headquarters in
Lahore,” an official told APP here on Thursday.
He said a comprehensive strategy has been
chalked out to cope with the Eid rush as
millions would leave for Eid celebrations after
November 15. Under the plan, additional coaches
would be attached with local and express trains
besides launching special Eid trains.
Islamabad—World Diabetic Day will be observed
on Saturday to raise awareness about the
disease, related complications and prevention
from the illness. According to World Health
Organization (WHO), more than 180 million people
worldwide have diabetes and this number is
likely to more than double by 2030. It said,
almost 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low and
middle-income countries.
Islamabad—While highlighting the importance
of Local Government System (LG), the main
architect of local body system Danyal Aziz
Thursday correlated it’s strengthening with the
development of entire political system in the
country that overruled the bureaucracy and
caused justice to people at their doorstep.
Without local body system functional, democracy
can’t take roots”, he said while addressing a
seminar on LG system organized by SDPI here. He
added that LG system is credited to separate
executive from Judiciary which is a clear-cut
assurance of restoration of political culture in
the country.
