Single curriculum for grade 1-5 across country from August
May 25, 2021
Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Professional Training Wajiha Akram on Monday told the National Assembly that under the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, single national curriculum for grade 1 to 5 will be implemented across country from August 2021.
Replying to various supplementary questions during question hour, she said that all the federating units have been taken on board in preparing the single curriculum. Model textbooks have been developed for these classes and the provinces were asked to adopt these books or develop their own as per these textbooks, she added.
Pakistan: Senate rejects PEMRA Amendment Bill 2020International 2021-01-26, by Editor Comments Off 2
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday rejected the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by a majority vote after the opposition parties opposed it over apprehensions that empowering the authority with regard to human resource management would “further endanger the freedom of press”.
The Senate session was presided over by Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. Today, was Legislative Day in the upper house.
The rejection of the Pemra (Amendment) Bill, 2020 irked Leader of the House Shahzad Waseem.
He was of the view that Pemra was to be empowered to take action on the jobs of media workers and their withheld salaries. “It should be decided that who is against the rights of workers,” an angry Waseem said, adding that the rights of the workers in all institutions should be protected.
Senate rejects PEMRA Amendment Bill 2020
Opposition opposes move, says empowering it will ‘further endanger freedom of press’
ISLAMABAD:
The Senate on Monday rejected the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2020 by a majority vote after the opposition parties opposed it over apprehensions that empowering the authority with regard to human resource management would “further endanger the freedom of press”.
The Senate session was presided over by Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. Today, was Legislative Day in the upper house.
The rejection of the Pemra (Amendment) Bill, 2020 irked Leader of the House Shahzad Waseem.
He was of the view that Pemra was to be empowered to take action on the jobs of media workers and their withheld salaries. “It should be decided that who is against the rights of workers,” an angry Waseem said, adding that the rights of the workers in all institutions should be protected.