CPLC chief gives idea for security of institutions
From Our Correspondent
OKARA: Security of educational institutions could be ensured with simple utilisation of magnet-cum-generator system, said CPLC chief Arshad Iqbal.
Talking to newsmen here, he said that the system required a powerful magnetic rod, two small generators and trained guards. A powerful magnetic rod should be fixed at the main gate attached with a sensitive wire around boundary wall leading to a computer inside the building and whenever any armed person came within invisible pull of magnet or sensitive wire, a computer inside the building would turn on sirens, he said, adding that a person holding panic button should inform security guards with immediate effect. He said that if any expert found any deficiency in this idea that could be removed with experiment.
Teachers demo
From Our Correspondent
OKARA: The Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) staged a demonstration in front of the press club to press the government to accept their demands.
They rejected handing over educational institutions to the municipal authorities. They also rejected the PEC, saying that examinations being held under it were bogus and substandard.
Speaking on the occasion, Mehr Mukhtar Ahmad Sial, Rajab Ali Bhutta, Rana Abdul Qayyum, Elahi Bakhsh, Sardar Gulzar Ahmad Dogar, Mian Yasin, Mian Falak Sher, Muhammad Saeed and Rizwan Ahmad demanded the government grant BPS-14 to PSTs and BPS-16 to ESTs with immediate effect. They also demanded regularisation of contract teachers.