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Conspiracy underway to divide historic Sadiq Public School
« on: August 18, 2013, 11:29:29 AM »
Conspiracy underway to divide historic Sadiq Public School
Lahore : 18 August : The military establishment is manoeuvring the administration of legendary Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur, to get 20 to 25 acres of school land in order to construct a road in the middle of the school.
The road is being constructed to provide direct access to the main road leading to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) situated behind the school.
If the school administration allows construction of the road, the price of plots in DHA are likely to double – the key reason some influential military officers and some administrative officials of the school want to compromise and damage the school, sources said.
Bahawalpur Corps Commander Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, the secretary of the school’s executive committee/board of governors, is allegedly influencing members of the board of governors to allow construction of the road to facilitate DHA, sources revealed.

All students, teachers and alumni of the school are against the division of the historic and traditional school.

Sources in the school management said that during a recent meeting of the BoG, Bahawalpur Commissioner Caption (r) Asadullah Khan took a firm stance against the construction of road. He said the school’s values and traditions, and the security of boarders would be at stake if the board allowed the division.

Sources said that most members of the BoG and alumni were also against the manoeuvring on part of the military establishment; however, some of them were being influenced or controlled, while others were being allured with bribe of plots in the DHA.

The DHA administration has also reportedly offered plots to members of the school administration in exchange for allowing the construction of the road.

The 2,000 students of the school, especially the 520 boarders, including 100 girls, consider this road a serious threat to their security.

The alumni of Sadiq Public School have also demanded army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Education Minister Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan to stop military manoeuvring.

The school is situated on 451 acres. The students and alumni have warned the government that they would come out on roads if the DHA administration was allowed to divide the school and damage their traditions.

The school’s board of governors consists of ex-officio members: General Officer in Command (GOC) Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Bahawalpur Commissioner Caption (r) Asadullah Khan, Sadiq Public School acting principal Prof Abdullah Shah (the seat of principal is currently vacant) and the Punjab schools education secretary.

Other members of the BoG are: Ch Muhammad Zaka Ashraf, Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Dewan Ashiq Hussain Bokhari, Farhat Aziz Khan Mazari, Lt Gen (r) Waseem Ahmad Ashraf, Muhammad Ali Laleka, Major (r) Tariq Mahmood Mazari, Sahibzada Muhammad Osman Abbasi, Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Sardar Muhammad Ayub Ghallu, Raheel Ahmad Siddiqui, Muhammad Nawazish Ali Pirzada and Saeed Ahmad Khan Manais.

Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood was not available for his comments despite several attempts to reach him. His staff officer refused to comment, saying that ISPR’s Major Waqas was the competent authority to speak on this issue.

When contacted, Major Waqas did not deny the information regarding the SPS land issue, and sought some time for his official comment. However, after two days, without denying the information, he refused to give any official point of view on the issue.Dawn.
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