ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take effective measures to improve health and education facilities in Pakistan
He called upon all political forces in and outside the parliament and federal and provincial governments to join hands for the purpose, and proposed a charter for improvement of education and health sectors.
In a letter sent to the prime minister on September 25, the opposition leader said: “I urged upon you to come forward and religiously commit for this noble cause to make our present and coming generations progressive and prosperous.”
“The state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 5 to 16 years in such manners as may be determined by the law,” he added.
It may be mentioned that these issues are being persistently raised by the protesting Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek.
In his letter, Shah said: “After the historic struggle for the restoration of democracy in the country and signing of the Charter of Democracy by PPP and the PML-N now all political parties, both inside and outside the parliament, should come forward and sign a Charter for Improvement of Education and Health for the provision of better education and health facilities at all tiers.”
He suggested that, federal and provincial governments, as a matter of their duty, must provide free of cost primary and secondary level education in a manner that attracts the nonenrolled children and adolescents, particularly girls, belonging to weaker, socially disadvantaged and economically deprived sections of society.
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