Education boardworkers withdraw strike call

RAWALPINDI:

The employees' association of Punjab's educational boards has withdrawn its call for a pen-down strike on November 16 following the provincial government's assurance that there was no plan to transfer the boards' funds.

Punjab Education Boards Employees Welfare Association Chairman Malik Nisar Ahmed and General Secretary Chaudhry Imran Younis Gujjar met Deputy Secretary (Boards) Dr Muhammad Rizwan.

The meeting discussed in detail concerns among employees regarding the alleged transfer of funds belonging to educational boards across the province, as well as the financial affairs of the boards.

The association chairman said salaries, pensions and other financial matters of educational board employees were linked to the boards' own funds. He added that reports regarding the possible transfer of these funds had created serious anxiety among employees.