ISLAMABAD: Federal education ministry has been sent a summary regarding the promotion of students to higher classes and the schedule of examinations.

According to sources having knowledge of the development, the summary was conveyed to the education ministry by the director-general of the federal directorate of education.

The summary, according to sources, sought the federal government’s approval for the promotion of students studying in grades one to four and in grades sixth and seventh.

“The students will be promoted on the basis of their last year’s results,” they said as last year students in classes one to eight appeared in the exams and were promoted to higher classes on the basis of their results.

They said that it has been further recommended to conduct exams for the fifth and eighth grades this year. “The federal education directorate would conduct centralized examinations for students in grades five and eight,” the summary read.

On June 02, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced that matric and intermediate exams would begin after July 10 across the country.

Briefing media about the decisions taken in today’s Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) the education minister Shafqat Mahmood once again cleared that no student will be promoted to the next class without examinations this year.

“Exams for students of classes nine and 10 would be held only for mathematics and elective subjects this year,” he said and added that exams for students of classes 11 and 12 would be held for elective subjects only.

ISLAMABAD – The Punjab government has instructed teachers across the province to get vaccinated by June 5. According to a notification issued by the Punjab School Education Department, the decision was announced on the instructions of the National Command and Operation Centre.

All teaching and non-teaching staff members will have to submit their vaccination cards/certificates to their institutions. Those who fail to do so will be punished under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline, and Accountability Act 2006.

The notification added that the institution’s head will be responsible for ensuring the inoculation of staff members.

Earlier this month, the government opened Covid-19 vaccination for all teachers above the age of 18 years. The aim is to immunise all the teachers before the schools reopen on Monday (June 7).

Punjab recently inaugurated a vaccination centre for teachers in Lahore.

There are 16,000 teachers and 4,000 non-teaching staff in the province. Teachers will have to take their CNICs and teaching certificates to the centres. They will be administered Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines.

Last week, the Sindh School Education Department said that any employee who fails to get vaccinated before schools reopen will face “dire consequences”.

Once inoculated, teachers have to submit their vaccination cards to the head of their institution. The government announced to establish over 180 Covid-19 vaccination centres in schools and colleges in every district of Sindh. The plan is to vaccinate 100,000 teachers.

MULTAN, June 05 (DNA): Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood on Saturday said that Pakistan has registered its clear stance on the Palestine issue and that despite innocent Palestinians were bombarded there was an international media blackout.

Addressing the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) workers gathered in his hometown, today the Foreign Minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan has adopted a clear stance on Palestinian issue and Pakistan played a critical role to stop Israeli aggression in Gaza.

He said the incumbent government took steps to educate the world and to prompt action against Israeli apartheid against Palestine, which included lobbying and advocating to convene a United Nations session over Palestine and intimating the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC).

The advocacy through Pakistan bore fruit after four UNGA sessions remained futile and inconclusive as we presented and fought the case of Palestine from the OIC platform, he said.

Israel had to relent and backtrack from its position due to the pressure built against it with the help of Pakistan.

He said he had set out to raise the Palestinian question in the West and then as a result when there was a concerted “Jewish lobby” conspired against him each child of Pakistan came out to defend him.

The Foreign Minister said entire nation is united on the issues of Palestine and Kashmir.

Regarding Afghanistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Pakistan will continue its efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan.

He said Pakistan’s Economy is in now on positive trajectory due to prudent policies of the government.  

ISLAMABAD, JUN 5 (DNA) – Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Saturday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will bring an environmental revolution through forestation restoration and large-scale tree plantation in the country.

In his World Environment Day, message he said, for the first time in Pakistan, tree plantation and environmental friendly policies were being promoted at government level.  

The minister said, every human being on the earth should play their role for improvement of environment.

He said that it was need of hour that the international community should jointly play its role in the protection of the environment.

Fawad said that rising global temperatures, deforestation, melting glaciers are growing threat to world.

Imran Khan is the only Prime Minister with environment friendly vision who is running a global movement.

He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan was sensitizing young generation and the world regarding importance of improving the environment.

 “PM Imran Khan’s efforts to improve environment and plant trees have been acknowledged globally,” the minister said.

He said that for the first time in Pakistan, policy of tree planting and eco-friendliness is being promoted with dedication and diligence. If the efforts of the government continued with the same commitment, significant results will be seen in the environmental sector in Pakistan.

Fawad said that the honor of hosting World Environment Day this year is indeed a global recognition of Pakistan’s eco-friendly initiatives. International organizations have appreciated Pakistan’s commitment to the environment, the minister said.

He said, “Nature has blessed us with all kinds of ecosystems, sea, coast, agricultural land, deserts, rivers and three top mountain ranges Hindu Kush, Himalayas and Karakoram”.

He said, that the word “Billion Tree” has become the identity of Pakistan and other countries are following the project.=DNA

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ISLAMABAD, JUN 5 (DNA) – Reminding the rich countries of the world of their onus in capping the hazardous carbon emissions and contributing resources to help fight the climate change, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday also urged the nation to fully participate in government’s environment protection initiatives.

Addressing a ceremony of World Environment Day 2021, hosted by Pakistan, the prime minister said the governments across the world could not implement their policies of environment protection and preservation unless fully backed by the masses.

The whole nation, especially, youth must participate in his government’s launched initiatives like ‘Ten Billion Trees’ and ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’, he added.

The prime minister said it was a big honour to host the celebrations of the World Environment Day, as Pakistan’s efforts to tackle the global climate change challenges were recognized by the global community.

Pakistan has been ranked among the few countries of the world which had been deeply worried for the future of its coming generation due to increasing global warming impacts, he observed.

The prime minister underlined the need for making strenuous and sustained efforts to preserve the planet earth for the future generations.

He regretted that in Pakistan too, in past, no attention was paid to counter the issues like environment pollution, depletion of natural resources and deforestation.

He said they had successfully planted one billion trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during last five years.=DNA

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Islamabad (DNA). A delegation Chairmen Senators of Senate Standing Committees visited FPCCI Capital Office Islamabad to meet the office bearers of FPCCI and the representatives of Chambers of Commerce and trade associations of Sindh, Punjab, KPK provinces, Federal Area and Gilgit Baltistan to hold pre-budget discussion on the budget proposals of FPCCI.

The meeting was attended by a large number of members of FPCCI and reprentatives from trade bodies prominently Khwaja Shahzeb Akram Senior Vice President, Qurban Ali Chairman Capital Office, Mian Anjum Nisar, former President FPCCI, Coordinator Mirza Abdul Rehman and Muhammad Ali Mian while the Senator Talha Mehmood who is also Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs along with other Senator Abdul Qadir Khan, Senator Kamil Ali Agha and Former Federal Minister Shiekh Waqas Akram and other attended meeting and shared their views.

On this occasion, Mian Anjum Nisar, former President FPCCI gave a detailed briefing to the participants regarding the budget proposals sent to the government by FPCCI.

Speaking on the occasion, the FPCCI Office bearers said that the business community is the real taxpayer. They said that the tax payers are treated with high respects all over the world and they feel proud of being tax payers. But in Pakistan the situation is inverse and tax payers feels disappointment as they are facing high markup rates, high tariff of electricity/Gas and other high cost of doing business as compare to other regional countries. Moreover, every year in new budget, the existing tax payers are charged more taxes by the tax authorities instead of expanding the tax net.

Taxpayers are always targeted by the tax authorities resultantly those people who are out of tax net always reluctant to come into the tax net. They stressed on making reforms in tax system and FBR particularly with reference to the honor / status and relief to the tax payers, making the business easier and providing best level playing field and free hand to the business community. If the government wants improvement in foreign exchange, employment opportunities and improvement in the economic situation of the country, the business community should be given free hand. The business community demanded government’s Special packages in all sectors as announced for Construction Sector. They further said that let them play their role in promoting Pakistan’s economic development, trade and investment.

Speaking on the occasion, Senator Talha Mahmood, Chairman, Senate Standing Committee on Finance, said that only the business community can fix the country’s economic crunch but officially they are not treated in good manner and called with different tags in the society. There is trust deficit between business community and tax authorities. The government cannot collect taxes forcefully from them and have to create friendly respectable atmosphere. 

He said that the rebates and refunds are the right and trust of business community in the hand of government, it should be returned immediately. Business community suggestions should be made an integral part of the budget because they are direct stakeholders.

Chairman Standing Committee on Petroleum Senator Abdul Qadir Khan, Chairman Standing Committee on Functional Committee Kamil Ali Agha said that they will resolve the problems of business community on priority basis. All the members of the Senate will work together with the FPCCI for the economic development of Pakistan. They said that the government makes laws while the policies are made by people who are neither stakeholder nor have any business but are salaried people who completely ignore the problems of the business community. He said respect and status should be given to the taxpayer So that the other people who are out of tax net can motivated to join the tax net.