The Lahore High Court Chief Justice here Friday disposed of a petition of Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board against banning the use of Punjabi language on its Sahiwal campus by a famous private school. The headmaster of the school campus concerned appeared before the court and submitted an unconditional apology in writing for his action.
The chief justice accepted the apology and disposed of the petition. The board through its secretary Parveen Malik pleaded that headmaster of Beacon house School System's Sahiwal campus issued a circular against use of foul language by students during school timings. As per the circular the foul languages include taunts, abuses, Punjabi and hate speech.
The petitioner said the school administration by tagging Punjabi as foul language committed violation of the Constitution that required the government to preserve regional languages as well besides national language Urdu. The petitioner asked the court to set aside the circular of the school and direct the government to take action against the responsible authorities.