CM urged to answer Punjab Assembly questions

LAHORE: Calling for Punjab Assembly session immediately after the release of Justice Baqar Najafi Report, opposition leader in PA Mian Mehmoodul Rasheed on Monday demanded the chief minister to respond to allegations against him on the assembly floor.

Taking to the media at the PA cafeteria, the opposition leader said CM Shahbaz Sharif should clarify his position over the allegations of 56 companies of the province and brief the house why so far their audit had not been done.

He said the entire province had been echoed with the demands of CM and Law Minister Rana Sanaullah’s resignation, but the government was delaying the PA session on purpose. Mian Mehmoodul Rasheed alleged that under the CM, the province had turned into a hub of problems and everyone including doctors, nurses, teachers and blind persons were on streets for the fulfillment of their demands.

Educators protest: Action Committee of Punjab Government Schools’ Senior Staff Association (SSA) announced a protest against the school education department on Dec 19. SSA claimed that some 1,300 public schools were without administrative heads across the province.

In a statement, SSA Action Committee President Hafiz Abdul Nasir said higher secondary schools were lacking 700 subject specialists while 275 posts of BS-20 were vacant. Non-promotion of educators was its cause, he said and added that SSA would hold a protest against the schools department.

PU conference: A four-day international conference on Solid State Physics organised by Punjab University, Centre of Excellence for Solid State Physics (CSSP), began at a local hotel here on Monday.

Faculty of Science Dean Prof Dr Shahid Kamal, CSSP Director Prof Dr Shahzad Naseem, international delegates and researchers across the country participated in the conference. While addressing the inaugural session, Dr Shahid Kamal said purpose of the conference was to bring scientists from different regions together at a platform. This would provide them with a chance to share their ideas and experiences in the field of theoretical and experimental research.

He said the conference would include talks of invited speakers, technical sessions, poster sessions and discussions. Dr Shahzad Naseem said young researchers would be the most beneficial community of the conference. Meanwhile, Punjab University has declared the results of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D) final professional annual examination 2017. Detailed result is available on PU website.