Pakistan 2005 Earthquake
Pakistan: Supreme Court voices concern over not rebuilding earthquake-hit schools
Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday voiced its concern over not constructing the schools damaged in the 2005 earthquake.
A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi conducted hearing of the petition related to forced retirement of a female teacher of a primary school in Mansehra, reports The Nation.
The court said that 16 years have passed since the devastating earthquake but the schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) could not be reconstructed. The bench, therefore, issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Education Secretary KP and Director District Education Mansehra, reports the newspaper.
Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed during the hearing even noted that the KP government does not treat its teachers well.
He questioned why the schools were not reconstructed and said that how the teachers could teach in the schools, which do not have a basic structure, reports The Nation.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan inquired where the billions of rupees funds received from international donors in the aftermath of the earthquake were utilized.
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