FDE employees to hold protest in front of Parliament today

Islamabad ; The employees of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) are all set to stage a protest demonstration and sit-in in front of the Parliament House on Thursday (today).

The teaching and non-teaching employees will reach the National Press Club from 423 educational institutions at 10 am and from where they would march towards the Parliament House. There will be no classes in schools and colleges of FDE on Thursday as announced by managements of these institutions in the light of decision taken by the Federal Government Education Joint Action Committee (FGEJAC).

The National Assembly and the Senate are currently in session but there would be no proceedings of two houses on Thursday (today). The two houses will now meet on Friday morning.

The employees of FDE have been under protest for the last over three weeks against clause 166 of the Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Ordinance, 2021 which placed FDE and its institutions under the Municipal Corporation of Islamabad.