PEIRA head appointed after 3 years.

ISLAMABAD -- Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (FE and PT) on Wednesday appointed new head of Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) after three years.

As per notification issued, the ministry has appointed Zia Batool as PEIRA chairperson for next three years.

The notification issued said that 'Consequent upon approval of the federal government in terms of Clause 7 of the Islamabad Capital Territory - Private Educational Institution (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2013 and Rule 7 of the member (Academics) and member (Registration) (Appointment and Qualifications) Rules, 2015, Zia Batool is appointed as Chairperson (MP-II Scale), Islamabad Capital Territory - Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (ICT-PEIRA) with immediate effect for a period of three years.

The PEIRA was formed in 2006 as a registration authority and initially the chairman Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education was given the additional charge of the chairman.

Over 2,000 schools in the capital come under PEIRA and authority is at loggerheads with private schools of the city.

In 2009, the PPP government appointed Atif Kayani as...