ISLAMABAD
\nIslamabad\u2019s teachers working on deputation under wedlock in different schools of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday took to roads to register their protest against what they called \u2018mysterious\u2019 delay by the government in sending their bill to the President House for signature.
\nThe bill \u201cProtection of Family Life & Wedlock Bill 2023\u201d was passed by both Houses of the Parliament\u2014The National Assembly and the Senate\u2014two months ago in August and was destined to land in the President House for President Dr Arif Alvi\u2019s assent in the same month. The bill aims at permanent absorption of around 300 lady teachers working under wedlock in various schools of FDE for last many years.
\nHowever, since August 7 when the bill was passed by the Senate, it has not been sent to the President and is taking rounds from one section of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office to the other.
\nWhile condemning this inadvertent delay on part of the PMO, these teachers, mostly women teachers, held protest outside the National Press Club and chanted slogans and regretted that bureaucracy proved more powerful than the Parliament as a legislation passed by the Parliament is lying at its mercy.
\nThey had arrived with their families braving the cold wind and showers. They were holding placards and banners on which were inscribed slogans such as \u201cPaliamant ko Izzat Do\u201d \u201cUstaad ko Izzat Do\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t Distrub Family Life of Teachers.\u201d
\nThe protesting teachers were even determined to march towards the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, however, the local administration with the help of the police and the FC stopped them requested them to postpone their march as they would arrange negotiations between them and the quarters concerned in the PM Office.
\nOne of the lady teachers while speaking on the occasion, said they were surprised why an ordinary bill related with the welfare and family life protection of the teachers was being withheld by the government\u2019s officials. \u201cKindly send our bill to the President and let him decide its fate,\u201d said she. Another teacher said it was unfortunate that bureaucrats sitting in the PM Office were undermining the wisdom of the Parliament. Our protest will continue unless reason prevails and our bill is forwarded to President House, said she.
\nMore than two months have passed since the Senate had passed the Islamabad wedlock teachers\u2019 bill for their permanent absorption in FDE schools, but the bill is yet to see the light of the day as it has reportedly gone missing in the corridors of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office and is yet to be traced and sent to the Aiwan-e-Sadr for President\u2019s signature, she said.
\n\u201cThis is mysterious, shocking and quite irritating that at a time when a number of bills passed by the National Assembly and the Senate have been signed by the President and incorporated as Act of Parliament, a simple bill related to the \u2018welfare and protection of family life\u2019 of 300 teachers on deputation passed by the both the Houses is not yet signed by President Arif Alvi,\u2019 said another protesting teacher.
\nDespite the Law Ministry\u2019s clear observation, the bill was again kept and not routed to the President House. Meanwhile, the Caretaker Prime Minister left for the UNO. Now even more than a week after Prime Minister\u2019s return, the bill has not yet been sent to the President House and the teachers, mostly lady teachers working for years in Islamabad\u2019s schools on wedlock are keenly awaiting when it would finally be sent to the President House as it is directly linked with their family life and future of their kids. We shall continue our protest unless our bill is sent to the President House, they warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Islamabad\u2019s teachers working on deputation under wedlock in different schools of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) on Monday took to roads to register their protest against what they called \u2018mysterious\u2019 delay by the government in sending their bill to the President House for signature. The bill \u201cProtection of Family Life & Wedlock Bill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-362053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n