Education a basic right for the nation’s children, a prerequisite for the nation's growth, says CJP.
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The chief justice made the remarks during a hearing on the aforementioned issue. To this, a counsel for private schools said rising fees were always approved by the pertinent registration authority.
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"We need to examine the basis for this," Justice Ijazul Ahsan, also part of the three-judge bench hearing the petition, said. "Do schools have the right to charge whatever they please? If not, who regulates a fee hike, the chief justice questioned.
"Education is a fundamental right," the CJP said, adding the world boasted many great universities. What have we achieved? Oxford and Harvard are (examples) before you."
"A forensic audit would make clear everything," the top judge said. CJP Nisar said exorbitant fees were being charged to further interests of the select few.
"Everyone has equal right to grow. Think of your children too," he said.
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The CJP said public education had been wrecked under a conspiracy. Education, he said, was being used to generate profit.
The three-judge bench will resume hearing the petition after a break.
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