13,000 schools are closed in Sindh, minister tells court.

KARACHI -- Sindh Education and Labor Minister Saeed Ghani has said that out of 49,000 public schools across the Sindh province, 13,000 are closed while there is a shortfall of 37,000 teachers. 'In the past, some schools were built on wrong plans that are closed. Educational institutions have been shut down as a preventive measure to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. An estimated 13,000 visitors have come to Pakistan. Most of them came in the Sindh province.

Misinformation is being spread on social media, the government is providing accurate information and nothing is being hidden, he said while talking to media after appearing in Sindh High Court in Hyderabad on Thursday in a case related to lack of teachers in some schools in Tando Allahyar. Ghani said that the Sindh High Court Hyderabad had summoned him in this regard. 'I...