As ‘water politics’ has brought Sindh and Punjab face to face, a Senate committee has unanimously decided to take up in its next meeting the row between the two provinces. Photo by Kohi Marri/File
ISLAMABAD: As ‘water politics’ has brought Sindh and Punjab face to face, a Senate committee has unanimously decided to take up in its next meeting the row between the two provinces.
The decision was made at a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination held here on Wednesday and presided over by Senator Mian Raza Rabbani. It decided to invite representatives of Punjab and Sindh, the chairman of the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) and other stakeholders, including the secretaries of Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Energy (Power Division), for a discussion on the issues.
On Wednesday, the virtual meeting of the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Committee (IPEMC) chaired by Federal Education Minister, Shafqat Mahmood,
Proposal to promote 9th, 11th grade students rejected
IPEMC agrees to conduct examinations in two phases due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation
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KARACHI:
The Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Committee (IPEMC) on Wednesday rejected the proposal to promote 9th and 11th grade students and to conduct examinations of only optional subjects for class 10th and 12th. However, it was agreed in principle to conduct the examinations in two phases due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country.
The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of IPEMC, chaired by Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood and attended by Sindh and Punjab education ministers Saeed Ghani and Murad Das as well as other ministers and officials.