SC’s decision on revised school fees challenged

Petitioner pleads the court to nullify the authority’s notification

ISLAMABAD: The notification of Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) regarding revised school fees has been challenged in Islamabad High Court (IHC).

The authority had issued a notification on September 23 in connection with the decision by the Supreme Court (SC) regarding revision of school fees.

The applicant stated that decision of the apex court was misinterpreted. He added that only verdicts of Lahore and Sindh High Courts were challenged in the apex court. The fee structure of private schools in the federal capital was not challenged in the SC therefore the verdict was not applicable for institutions in federal capital, the applicant maintained.

The petitioner pleaded the court to nullify the authority’s notification.

Meanwhile, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has sentenced a suspect involved in the police firing case to life imprisonment. The suspect Habib Raheem was found guilty of injuring police inspector Qamar Sultan during a robbery.

ATC Judge Abdul Raheem pronounced the verdict after recording the evidence presented by the witnesses and the final arguments by the defence and prosecution.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2019.