CM Naqvi deplores pathetic condition of govt school in Lahore,
Lahore(Tahir Chuhdary)_Lahore police have made further revelations as they investigate a female health worker and her property dealer husband in connection with an illegal kidney transplant scandal.
Important new details have emerged during the investigation into the scandal.
A group of eight people, including Dr. Fawad Mumtaz, had the support of a female healthcare worker whose property dealer husband supplied donors. Two kidney sellers also joined the gang after selling their organs.
The eight-member gang which was led by Dr Fawad Mumtaz also included a disabled person named Shaukat who was the frontman of the ringleader.
The frontman arranged for illegal kidney transplants of 65 domestic and foreign clients.
Another key player in the racket was a man named Liaquat who sold his kidney to the racket 15 years ago and then went on to recruit 15 other donors. A man named Farooq also sold his organ to join the gang.
Police said that the health worker Sonia and her husband Waheed Tahir used to arrange donors.
Sonia’s husband is a property dealer and is said to have used his contacts to find people who were willing to sell their kidneys.
The police investigation is still underway and more arrests are expected.
While,
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Syed Mohsin Naqvi on Monday paid a surprise visit to Government Pilot School for Boys on Wahdat Road, Lahore and was shocked to see that not a single teacher was available to teach class 11 and class 12 for the last seven years,
The chief minister also took notice of the water filtration plant which had not been cleaned for months, and convened the meeting of Provincial Minister for Education Mansoor Qadir, Secretary Schools Education Ahsan Waheed and other concerned officials to discuss the issue.
He said it was a matter of grave concern that students were being made to drink toxic water.
He was also greatly perturbed to learn that of total 60 schoolteachers, 35 were on election duty and only 12 were available to teach 1,650 students as 13 others were absent.
CM Naqvi made it clear that such state of affairs would not be tolerated at any cost. “If we are to teach our children in this manner, it is better that we shut down our government schools,” he said angrily.
He went on to say that such issues would not be resolved merely by giving directions from air-conditioned rooms. “Pupils have told me that the teachers either remain busy with their cellphones or simply keep sleeping,” he regretted.
Later, in a tweet, the chief minister said that this morning he had gone to the school to assess the situation with respect to pink eye disease among the students.But, he added, he was stunned to see the pathetic situation at the institution as most of the teachers were not on duty and the water filtration plant was not in good shape either.
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