Surprise visit: 10 suspended over absence

Suspended after they were found to be absent from work by the authorities.

FAISALABAD: As many as nine teachers and a clerk were suspended on Saturday after they were found to be absent from work by the authorities. Tauqeer Husain, the executive district officer (education) in Toba Tek Singh, conducted a surprise visit to Government High School Chak 430-JB and found nine teachers, including the headmaster of the school, and a clerk absent without prior notice. The absent teachers and the clerk were suspended immediately. The case was also recommended to the Education secretary for further action. Those suspended are: Headmaster Saifur Rehman, Hafiz Farooq, Muhammad Riaz, Abdul Qayyum, Muhammad Sadiq, Nazar Husain, Liaqat Ali, Sajjad Ahmad and Idrees Ahmad, including Abid Hussain the clerk.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 27^th, 2012.