ISLAMABAD – Hearing pleas against the closure of Basic Education Community Schools and the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the federal and provincial governments to present the details of Iqra surcharge and allocations for education in the annual budget until October 20.
A three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez, was hearing a set of petitions filed by Fiaqat Hussain and others against the closure of a project named Establishment and Operation of Basic Education Community Schools. Staff Report
