School head terminated over child labour issue
June 29, 2021
MULTAN: The Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education Department (LNFBED) Monday terminated a headmistress of a school on charges of her involvement in child labour at the school.
According to education officials, the LNFBED took the action against Zubaida Kousar, the headmistress of Hamidpur Kanora non-formal school, over engaging minor students studying at the school in forced construction labour. Reportedly, the parents and relatives of the students had protested against the headmistress for forcing their kids to work as labourers under her husband command to construct their house. The LNFBED Multan District Education Officer Amir Razaq told The News that the department had terminated the headmistress and appointed a new one.