Top court orders recalc­ulatio­n of fee on basis of fee struct­ure preval­ent in 2017ISLAMABAD: The apex court has declared that its earlier order for reduction of school fees by 20% has ceased to be effective, subject to recalculation of fee by using the fee prevailing in 2017 as the base fee. The order was authored by Justice Ijazul Ahsan over the petitions filed by private schools against earlier orders of the former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar. Incumbent CJP Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Faisal Arab were also part of special bench that heard private schools’ petitions. The apex court upheld the Sindh High Court judgment on fees of private schools. “Pursuant to this rule making power, the Sindh Private Educational Institutions (Regulations and Control) Rules, 2005 were framed.

Source: The Express Tribune June 13, 2019 03:55 UTC