767 teachers dismissed

LAHORE—District authorities of Punjab Education Department has dismissed 767 teachers on accounts of absenteeism. The action against these teachers has been taken on the reports of monitoring officers of Chief Minister Monitoring Team for Education. The CMMT Deputy Director Khalid Mahmood said here on Wednesday that 72 teachers had been removed from service in district Mandi Bahauddin, 64 in Gujranwala, 47 in Muzaffargarh, 46 in Faisalabad, 43 in Lahore, 41 in Vehari, 32 in Toba Tek Singh, 30 in Khushab, 29 in Multan, 28 in Narowal, 28 in Pakpattan, 23 in Sahiwal, 22 in Kasur, 22 in Rawalpindi, 20 in Chakwal, 20 in Sargodha, 19 in Attock, 19 in Gujrat, 15 in Jhelum, 30 in Mianwali, 13 in Sialkot, 12 in D.G. Khan, 12 in Layyah, 12 in Lodhran, 10 in Khanewal, 12 in Sheikhupura, 9 in Bahawalpur, 9 in Bhakkar, 7 in Hafizabad, 6 in Nankana Sahib, 6 in Rahim Yar Khan, 5 in Jhang, 2 in Bahawalnagar and 2 in Rajanpur.

—Online