Capital schools

Nawaz Sharif has taken the onus of upgrading the deteriorating standards of model schools and colleges of the capital. He is being supported by his daughter Mariam Nawaz in the attainment of this vital objective. All this sounds good and must happen. But what puts a shadow of doubt on the fruition of the government plan is non-payment of salaries.

A glaring example of this is the Islamabad Model College for Girls F-10/2 where, it is believed teachers have not been paid their salaries for a long time. Will those at the helm take immediate cognisance of this grave issue and expeditiously resolve it in the larger interests of students and their overly concerned parents? Will the prime minister be kind enough to issue directives to the relevant government bodies to resolve the matter on a war footing?

M Fazal Elahi

Islamabad