Relief: B-Forms requirement waived

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday allowed students of grade nine to take education board’s examination without B-Form that the National Database and Registration Authority issued. Justice Ayesha A Malik passed the interim order on a petition filed by a student who was not allowed by the Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education to sit the exams for not submitting the B-form. Advocate Sheraz Zaka, the counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the board authorities should be asked to explain under what law a B-form was required to appear in the examination. The counsel questioned the need for a B-Form for the purpose when a birth certificate already mentioned the origin and nationality of students. The board’s counsel sought time to apprise the court of its policy on the matter. Justice Malik directed the board to accept admission forms of the students who could not submit B-forms. The hearing was adjourned for two weeks.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 3^rd, 2016.