APSA Employees Association: Cell for Punjab educational institutions security

Friday, February 25, 2011

Cell for Punjab educational institutions security - APSAEA

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has constituted Provincial Monitoring Cell to monitor security of educational institutions in Punjab. The Cell comprise Chief Minister Punjab as Chairman while Minister for Education, Advisor to Chief Minister Jehanzaib Burki, Home Secretary Punjab, PPO / IGP Punjab, Secretary Prosecution Department, Commissioner Lahore, Secretary Schools Education Department, Secretary Higher Education Department, Additional IGP CID Punjab, Additional IGP Special Branch Punjab and DIG (Traffic) Punjab will be members of the committee. Further, Educational Institutions Security Commission comprising of the representatives of the government and private educational institutions has also been constituted which include Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs Punjab as its Chairman and Minister for Education, Secretary Home Department, PPO / IGP Punjab, Commissioner Lahore Division, Secretary School Education Department, Secretary Higher Education Department, Additional IGP Special Branch Punjab, Additional IGP CID Punjab, Commandant Elite Force, Mst. Nasreen Shah of Lahore Grammar School, Mst. Zainab Qureshi of Lahore College of Arts & Sciences, Junaid Ahmad of Lahore Pre School, Jehangir Firoze of City School, Ali Raza of Beacon House School, Shehryar Salamat of Salamat School System and Muhammad Kamran of KIMS as its members. The meeting of Provincial Monitoring Cell and Educational Institutions Security Commission are held on daily basis to review security arrangements for each and every educational institution throughout Punjab. In the light of the decision of the Provincial Monitoring Cell, educational institutions have been categorized as Category-A-1, Category-A and Category-B in accordance with the Home Department's notification No.SO(IS.II)3-116/2008 dated Oct. 22, 2009.

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