Pakistan, Nov. 10 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has removed Jhelum Deputy Commissioner Mir Raza Ozgen after the district administration secured the postponement of intermediate computer science examinations to accommodate her scheduled visit on November 10. The chief minister's swift intervention, restoring the original examination schedule and ordering the officer's removal, deserves appreciation. No student's academic future should be made hostage to the movements of a public officeholder, least of all one whose government has placed education among its foremost priorities.

To add to the irony, the deputy commissioner had first recommended shifting an examination centre over possible traffic congestion. He subsequently sought p...