GUJRANWALA, July 11: The Indian Punjab chief-secretary will visit his native village, Qila Jhanda Singh, (Kamoki) on his arrival in Pakistan, A source said Bhagwant Singh was a resident of the village where he got primary education and later shifted to East Punjab (India) in 1947.

Mr Singh would also visit his alma mater while the Punjab government reportedly issued a directive to the education department to renovate the village school.

Meanwhile, DPI Muhammad Jamil Anjum, director (elementary) and the district education officer paid a surprise visit to the school and reviewed the provision of facilities to students and teachers.

The village residents said the primary school consisted of only three classrooms with decayed roofs. They said it didn't have a boundary wall, drinking water facility and lavatories. The education department officials have sent their report to the Punjab government for upgrading the school.

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