Karachi matric board demands imposition of Section 144 around examination centres

KARACHI: Board of Secondary Education Karachi Chairman Syed Sharaf Ali Shah on Friday said he had written a letter to the Sindh Home Department demanding imposition of Section 144 around examination centres, in a bid to avoid unfair means.

Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Sharaf Ali Shah said the examinations would begin on May 17 and end on June 13. He said aggregately 448 examination centres had been established and more than 0.36 million students would participate in the exams. He said 253 centres had been established for male students and 195 for females. He said 29 of the examination centres were set up at jails.

The BSEK chairman said students would not be allowed to take their mobile phones with them in the centre, while photo state machines of the nearby area would remain closed during exams.

He said all the registered schools were made examination centres. Exam centres had been established at 185 public and 263 private schools, he maintained.

Sharaf Shah said the educational boards of Sindh were facing troubles. He said that vigilance teams should be sent to each of the examination centres and a vigilance officer should go to a centre once only. He also relayed that for the first time computerised admit cards were being issued with pictures on them.King Charles III crowned as the UK blends tradition and change

Charles’s second wife Camilla was also crowned queen with the Queen Mary’s Crown in lavish event at Westminster Abbey.
Charles and Camilla

King Charles III has been crowned in the United Kingdom’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, in the presence of the royal family, 4,000 British and Commonwealth troops, about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head in Westminster Abbey on Saturday, during a solemn two-hour service.

Charles’s second wife Camilla was also crowned queen with the Queen Mary’s Crown.

The king swore oaths to govern justly and uphold the Church of England, of which he is the titular head. He was then hidden from watching eyes by a screen for the most sacred part of the ceremony when he was anointed on his hands, head and breast with holy oil consecrated in Jerusalem.

After being presented with symbolic regalia, Welby placed the St Edward’s Crown on his head and the congregation cried out “God save the king”.

“God save King Charles. Long live King Charles. May the king live forever,” the congregation at the abbey said after a trumpet fanfare.
King Charles III departs the Coronation service at Westminster Abbey
King Charles III departs the coronation service at Westminster Abbey [Gareth Cattermole/Pool via Reuters]

Gun salutes were fired at the Tower of London and across the capital, the nation, in Gibraltar, Bermuda and on ships at sea.

The ceremony – televised for only the second time – was an attempt to present a forward-looking monarchy, with those involved reflecting a more diverse country and all its religions.

King Charles III prayed to be a “blessing” to people of “every faith and conviction”, while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the coronation was “a cherished ritual through which a new era is born”.

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