Salaries of absentee teachers stopped

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The salaries of 12 primary school teachers were stopped due to absence from their duties and 4 teachers were transferred on disciplinary grounds when Assistant District Officer (ADO) Muhammad Farooq paid surprise visits to several schools on Saturday.
Farooq visited the schools of Banda Daud Shan Tehsil and found government primary schools Ghandi Sada Gul, Mardan Khel No 2 and Bami Banda closed since a long time and the teachers were reportedly receiving their salaries at their homes. Education Executive District Officer (EDO) Haziqur Rehman Khattak, on the recommendation of the ADO, stopped the salaries of the 12 absent teachers and warned the teachers to be regular in their duties or face disciplinary action against them. The EDO said that at the first stage, the salaries of the teachers have been stopped. They would be served show cause notices in the second stage, while in the last stage, they would be terminated from their services, he added.
The EDO also transferred four teachers, Eid Marjan, Jamshid, Inayatullah and Muzzamil on disciplinary grounds to the government primary schools of Wargha Banda, Mardan Khel, Kundi and Khozabi.