ATTOCK, April 26: District Government Attock has completed 227 schemes worth Rs375 million in education sector reform programme initiated by Chief Minister Punjab Ch Pervaiz Elahi.
District Education Officer (elementary) Malik Mohammad Ashraf told APP that under crash recruitment programme, 2,549 educators have so far been recruited in the district while the process to fill 1500 vacant posts in education department was in final stages.
He said that district government had upgraded 265 schools including 15 high schools, 92 elementary, 139 primary and 19 Maktab schools, while 18 new schools had been set up in far-flung ares of the district.
Malik Ashraf said that Attock was facing acute shortage of science teachers and special efforts were being made to overcome the shortage. He said that establishment of Comsats information technology institute, polytechnic school and education college were some of the big achievements of the district nazim in education sector.
He said that Attock district was far ahead from other districts of Punjab for turning the dream of “Phara Likha Punjab” of Chief Minister Ch. Pervaiz Elahi into reality.
CHOWK RENAMED: District Council Attock renamed “Teen Meila Chowk” of Attock city as Kashif Iqbal Shaheed Chowk through a special resolution moved by District Nazim Maj (Retd) Tahir Sadiq.
The District Council passed the resolution in recognition of courage and sacrifice rendered by Kashif Iqbal Shaheed while foiling a dacoity in his neighbourhood.
President of Pakistan has also conferred Tamgha-e-Shujaat on Kashif Iqbal in 2006 in recognition of his sacrifice. Kashif Iqbal Shaheed sacrificed his life by foiling a dacoity attempt on July 12, 2005 in Peoples Colony Attock.
Later, police and citizens chased the dacoits and arrested them. One of the accused dacoit belonged to a banned Jehadi organization.
Grieved family, social and political organizations of the city have hailed the renaming of the Chowk and demanded that the remaining Chowks and roads should also be renamed after martyrs’ names.—APP
