{"id":282684,"date":"2020-09-29T11:34:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T06:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=282684"},"modified":"2020-09-29T11:34:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T06:34:47","slug":"teacher-suspended-for-bringing-baby-to-work-in-mianwali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/teacher-suspended-for-bringing-baby-to-work-in-mianwali\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Suspended For Bringing Baby to Work in Mianwali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we laud women in the police force and civil services for skillfully juggling motherhood and their services to the nation, a school in Mianwali feels otherwise. District Education Officer (DEA) Mianwali suspended a female teacher for bringing her baby to work.<\/p>\n<p>In a country where the gender gap in the workplace is already large, educational institutions are making it harder for women in the workforce. Ishrat Sattar had been employed at the school located at Tehsil Piplan District of Mianwali.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/not-practicing-what-they-preach-ngo-forces-woman-to-resign-for-bringing-child-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not Practicing What They Preach: NGO Forces Woman to Resign for Bringing Child at Work<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t exactly the school that suspended the school teacher but rather the DEA of Mianwali. The DEA came to the school for a surprise inspection and suspended Ishrat Sattar for having brought her infant to work.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ishrat&#8217;s suspension notification;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cShe was found playing with her child and has been suspended for inefficiency and misconduct.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When this news hit the Internet, Twitter was livid. Netizens demanded that Ishrat Sattar be given the same appreciation for juggling motherhood and her services to the nation, as Peshawar Additional Commissioner, Sara Tawab, and Sheikhupura Assistant Superintendent Police (ASP), Aisha Butt.<\/p>\n<p>Under the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FemaleTeacherSuspension?src=hashtag_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#FemaleTeacherSuspension<\/a> Twitterati pointed out that these high ranking officers were admired for bringing her child to work and promoting female participation in the workplace. Meanwhile, Ishrat Sattar was reprimanded for the same.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ali_zarwan\/status\/1310725104024915968<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/zihnBtt\/status\/1310562345400365063<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/zl7QJxRn17Umf5x\/status\/1310704071876268034<\/p>\n<p>People called on the Prime Minister and Punjab Education authorities to take notice of the decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Treat your teachers with dignity<br \/>One Natio,Dual Standard law \ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd14<br \/>We Reject This Mentality<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FemaleTeacherSuspension?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FemaleTeacherSuspension<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtJq0jot8e\">https:\/\/t.co\/vtJq0jot8e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saeed Malik (@SaeedMalik12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaeedMalik12\/status\/1310759790029737984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/policewoman-goes-viral-after-she-brings-daughter-to-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Policewoman Goes Viral After She Brings Daughter to Work<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Netizens even pointed out how when New Zealand\u2019s Prime Minister Jacinda Arden brought her baby to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). No one said that was a case of &#8216;inefficiency and misconduct&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let Women Fly With Their Responsibilities So You will Get PM of PAKISTAN Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed &amp; Newzealand PM Jacinda Ardern at the End&#8230;\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude42<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FemaleTeacherSuspension?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FemaleTeacherSuspension<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1EmfJNek7h\">pic.twitter.com\/1EmfJNek7h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nimmz__\ud83e\udd8b (@zai_saysss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zai_saysss\/status\/1310710117923459081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Catsbae1\/status\/1310804376672403457<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped that better sense prevails. Perhaps the teacher did not have anyone else to look after her child. Nonetheless, suspending her on the spot seems unnecessarily harsh and unfair.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we laud women in the police force and civil services for skillfully juggling motherhood and their services to the nation, a school in Mianwali feels otherwise. District Education Officer (DEA) Mianwali suspended a female teacher for bringing her baby to work. 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