Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry says, under article 25A, free primary education is every child’s constitutional right, and that the court will make sure that it is provided.
The chief justice, hearing the Gujranwala School case remarked that schools and teachers are present on paper but there are no students there, adding that salaries of teachers of these ghost schools should be stopped.
The chief justice expressed dissatisfaction over the reports on the conditions of schools in Sindh and Balochistan.
CJ to realise free primary education
