Education department resolution

Education department resolution
Karachi: The City Council on Thursday passed a resolution by majority vote stating there must be uniforms in schools and colleges in order to remove class differences among the students.

The resolution, proposed by Imran Ahmed Khan of the treasury benches, and seconded by Shamim Akhter, said that there was information that the provincial education minister was adamant on abolishing uniforms in schools and colleges but the House was of the view that if the idea was given a practical shape, it would accentuate class differences.

The resolution said that uniforms removed the distinction between the rich and the poor when children come to educational institutions in uniform and thus the House was opposed to any move aimed at abolition of uniforms. It further said that the city Nazim had established model English medium schools in the city and the move to abolish uniforms was tantamount to sabotaging that move.

Imran Ahmed Khan of the treasury benches said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was opposed to the class system in society and uniforms in schools were necessary to remove the class divide in educational institutions. Dr. Ziauddin of opposition benches said that there should be uniforms in all schools whether they were English-medium or Urdu-medium. He pointed out that the state of schools run by the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) was pathetic and many schools didn't even have teachers and furniture. He said the CDGK should adopt measures to improve the lot of public schools.

The city council passed another resolution through majority vote to hand over a portion of plot 9 RC-II, Ranchore Lines Quarters, to the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) for constructing a hospital in view of the yeoman's service rendered by Prof. Adib-ul-Hasan Rizvi and the SIUT in the field of health. The above-mentioned plot at the moment is under the jurisdiction of the Works and Services Department of the CDGK.

The House also welcomed undoing of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) by the Supreme Court Wednesday night.

Yet another resolution passed by majority vote urged the Sindh government to adopt measures to give relief to the common man regarding skyrocketing prices of sugar and other commodities. The resolution said that the new produce of sugar mills should be immediately brought into the market and action should continue against hoarders and profiteers. It also said that appropriate steps should be taken against smuggling of sugar and in order to overcome the artificial crisis, steps should be taken to import sugar in accordance with the demand.

In another resolution, the City Council demanded that 134 union council secretaries should be restored immediately so that the public-private partnership committee could function smoothly.

The House also passed a resolution with a majority vote for payment of salaries to the Christian employees of CDGK ahead of Christmas to facilitate their celebrations.

Jumman Darwan of the opposition benches said that two people were killed and 10 injured when the CDGK employees demolished a Goth in Gadap Town. He said a First Information Report (FIR) had been registered in this regard.

City Naib-Nazim Nasreen Jalil asked Darwan whether the matter was pending in a court of law upon which Darwan said an FIR had been registered. Darwan said the ethnic communities of the city were moving forward towards reconciliation but the high-handedness of the police and Rangers would have a negative impact..

However, Masood Mehmood of the benches rebutted Darwan and said the said land was private property and was encroached upon by the land mafia and it was strange that Darwan was supporting it. Darwan retorted by sternly asserting that he never supported the land mafia. The news