ISLAMABAD, (MILLTAT+APP): State Minister for Interior and Narcotics
Control Balighur Rehman Friday informed the Senate that neither Pak-Turk
schools were being closed down nor handed over to anyone.
Replying to a Calling Attention Notice raised by Mohish Aziz and
others about cancellation of the visas of Turkish teachers and staff of
Pak-Turk School, the minister said these were registered schools and educational activities in these institutions would continue.
He was of the view that most of the teachers and other staffers in
these schools were Pakistanis adding that Turkish staff in Board of Directors (BoD) had also voluntarily step down.
He said it was the right of any state to extend the visa of any
foreign national or not. Visas of those expired on September were given
time to leave the country by November 20, he added.
Balighur Rehman said visas of some Turkish families under hardship
cases have already been extended upto December 31.
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Pak-Turk schools neither being closed nor handed over to anyone: Senate told
