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SA demands uniform admission policy

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly has unanimously demanded the provincial government to adopt a uniform admission policy in educational institutions of the province for providing equal opportunities to students of rural and urban areas. A PPP lawmaker, Dr Sikandar Mandhro moved a resolution in this regard that the house passed unanimously. All the parliamentary parties including the MQM and PML-F supported the resolution. The resolution says, “This assembly resolves and strongly recommends to the government of Sindh to formulate a uniform and integrated admission policy providing equal opportunities to the students of the province to get advantage of better education in urban institutions, imparting quality education in various fields of study and to spread out such facilities throughout the entire province by establishing campuses of such institutions to extend quality education to everyone, which is the basic right of all citizens of the state safeguarded in the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.” The House also unanimously carried an out of turn resolution jointly moved by Sindh Law Minister Muhammad Ayaz Soomro and MQM’s parliamentary leader, Sardar Ahmed. The resolution reads, “This assembly unanimously resolves and recommends to the provincial government to approach the federal government to restore the Guzara Allowance to be paid from zakat funds to the needy and poor persons as it provides immediate relief to the people in the shape of monthly financial assistance.” The House passed yet another resolution tabled by Sindh Minister for Jails, Haji Muzaffar Ali Shajra which says, “This assembly resolves and recommends to the government of Sindh to carry out a comprehensive campaign of awareness for preventing genetically transmitted diseases, like Thalassemia, Hemophilia, HIC/AIDs etc and make it mandatory to carryout blood test of couples before getting married.” The House unanimously adopted yet another resolution moved by Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro which says, “This assembly resolves and recommends to the government of Sindh that taluka Daulatpur at Qazi Ahmed be re-named as taluka Qazi Ahmed.” staff report

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