KARAK: The local people have demanded of the authorities to fill vacant posts of teachers at the degree college for girls in Karak.

They said that various posts, including that of principal, were vacant in the college that affected studies of the students badly. They alleged that majority of the girl students were forced to take admission in other colleges owing to shortage of teachers in the said college.

The parents of the students including Awal Riaz, Hussain Gul, Sadat Khan, Gul Abbas and others told Dawn that the posts of lecturers of different subjects particularly of science remained vacant since long. They said that majority of students of the district took admissions in the colleges of other districts owing to shortage of teachers in the college. The poor parents could not afford expenses of the private colleges, they added.

The parents claimed that the strength of the students was decreasing every year in the college. They said that even the post of principal of the college was also vacant since long which manifested the negligence of the government.

They said if the teachers were not provided to the college, then students would stop taking admission in it. They said that students were facing hardships in their studies as they had to appear in examinations without teachers.

The parents claimed that the students had no other option but to depend on private studies and tuitions. They said that there was also shortage of drinking water in the college and the girl students had to bring water in bottles from their homes.

They said that colleges for girls in Sabirabad and Banda Daud Shah were not functional and students were depended on the college in Karak.

COMPENSATION: The farmers have demanded of the government to compensate them for the losses they suffered due to heavy rain and hailstone.

The demand was made by district president of Farmers Association Mohammad Iqbal Khan in a meeting of growers here on Tuesday. He said that hailstorm damaged standing crops of wheat, gram and vegetables in the district, inflicting heavy losses on the farmers.

Mr Khan said that farmers were in dire need of compensation as gram crop would produce a low yield. He demanded of the government to compensate the farmers so that they could be able to buy wheat.

Published in Dawn, March 4th, 2015

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