KARACHI: Shabby school buildings

Published September 15, 2008

KARACHI, Sept 14: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq has directed the education secretary to submit a report on the schools and colleges functioning in dilapidated buildings so that repair works could be carried out at the earliest.

Taking notice of a recent accident in which four children were killed when a wall of their old school collapsed in Manora, he issued notices to all the relevant officials to take steps to avert such incidents in the future.—PPI

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