FAISALABAD, May 14: All Pakistan Private Schools’ Management Association has urged the Punjab governor to take action against the Punjab Textbook Board (PTBB) officials for their failure to provide books of new academic session in time.

Speaking at a news conference here on Tuesday, APPSMA Chairman Sadaqat Husain Lodhi and Secretary-General Tahir Khan said the officials of the education department had directed the school managements to conduct examinations of class 9 in time.

They said delay by the PTBB officials had triggered problems for the students who were forced to take examinations quarterly without learning a single word from the syllabus prescribed.

They termed the step a conspiracy by the PTBB officials against the government, demanding an immediate inquiry into the matter.

KILLED: A youth was killed while his father sustained grievous injuries on Tuesday when a speeding bus hit them on the Faisalabad-Jhang Road.

Qadeer Husain and his father Muhammad Sadiq were going to bazaar on a bicycle when a bus hit them. They sustained injuries and were taken to the Allied Hospital where Husain died.

The condition of Sadiq was stated to be critical.

The Thikriwala police have registered a case against the absconding driver.

MEDICAL RELIEF: Medical camps are being set every Friday to treat patients in the rural areas under the programme by the Red Crescent Society.

This was stated during a meeting of the society held here on Tuesday.

The participants were informed that around 1,437 patients had been provided free medicines during the camps last month.

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