ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected a case related to the re-opening of educational institutions in the federal capital.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah conducted hearing on a petition filed by a private school seeking opening of schools that were closed earlier due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Chief justice instructed private school owners to approach the relevant forum and said that the court couldn’t interfere in administrative affairs as it was the responsibility of the federal government.
He further said the elected government was answerable to people and it would decide the matter keeping in view the current situation.
The petitioner’s lawyer pleaded that the educational institutions were closed in the federal capital for several months due to COVID-19 while the school owners were facing hardships.
He said that his client had given application to Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) in this regard but nothing availed.
The chief justice asked the petitioner to approach the relevant forum through the platform of their association rather than seeking individual relief.
He observed that it was impossible that the government was not taking attention towards it.
Not only schools but the students were also suffering due to the closure of educational institutions, he remarked. The court subsequently disposed of the petition.
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