Karachi's Aisha Bawany College yet to reopen

KARACHI: The Aisha Bawany College is yet to open for students, after being closed down by the trust which operates it, despite tall claims by the Sindh government.

The college was closed down last week after its trustees approached a lower court to seal the premises until its ownership is decided. However, the school administration and government officials petitioned the Sindh High Court which, on Saturday, ordered its reopening after suspending the lower court’s order. However, despite the SHC order, the college was not opened on Monday and resulted in a protest by students accumulated outside and staff of the education department and trustees.

Aisha Bawany Trust officials refuse to reopen school despite court order

First-year students are present outside the school waiting for the campus to be reopened

When contacted on Tuesday, Sindh Education Minister Mehtab Hussain Dahar said the entire issue was reviewed in a meeting in the CM House yesterday, where the advocate general and education department officials were also present.

He said the police and education department officers involved in handing over the school to the trust will be taken to task, adding that the decision to suspend an area SHO has also been taken.

Dahar claimed he is in contact with the inspector general and classes will begin today at all costs.

Meanwhile, a hearing of the case is set to take place in SHC today. The AG had on Monday filed a contempt petition against the trustees for defying its order of reopening the premises.