KARACHI Feb 17 (TNS): The footpath school in Clifton area of the city should continue with its classes until alternate space is provided to relocate the school, said Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar said this while hearing the suo motu notice at Supreme Court’s Karachi registry on the Sindh government’s alleged move to shut the school down.
During the hearing, CJP said the Sindh education department should not nag the administration concerned for closure of the school. Instead, he added, the school should be provided with all the necessary facilities.
The school situated under Bahria Icon Tower flyover in Clifton area of Karachi had reportedly received threats for closure by the Sindh government.
In January this year, Syeda Anfas Ali Shah Zaidi, who has been running the footpath school since the past three years, said Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) Managing Director Naheed Durrani asked them to close down the school at the earliest.
Syeda Anfas told an initial meeting was held with the SEF official and she was addressed in an inappropriate tone. She also said that children of the school did not want to be moved to any other institute.
However, SEF managing director says the issue was about protecting street children, whose security was threatened because of studying at the school in open-air maintaining that the entire matter was to mainstream the children and rehabilitate them.
