Some schools may reopen today
The Joint Action Committee of various private school organisations will reopen schools on Saturday, August 15, in defiance of government orders. Action committee leaders Raja Elias and Irfan Muzaffar Kayani said they have also set up committee of lawyers which will provide immediate free legal services to the school management that will open.All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association Divisional President Baradar Ahmad Khan has rejected the call for forceful school reopening and announced that the schools will reopen on September 15 as per the legal rules as per the government SOP. Department of Education has clearly announced to seal schools opening before the September 15 date announced by the government.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 15th, 2020.