SWABI: The Workers Welfare Board (WWB), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has released Rs320 million for paying transport charges of students of working folks grammar schools in the province.

Sources told Dawn on Friday that a cheque had been given to the officials concerned and the amount was expected to be disbursed among the parents very soon. They said the WWB officials had told the parents that they should pay the transport fee of their children, which would be reimbursed to them in due course of time, but the payment was delayed for four months.

The sources said the parents had threatened to stop paying fares any more. They said the WWB used to pay monthly Rs2,000 as transport charges per student.

Meanwhile, the sources said salary of teachers and other staff had not been paid for last three months, adding the teachers had been holding protests for release of the salary, but to no avail.

RAIN WEAKENS MUD HOUSES: Afghan refugees living in mud houses in two camps here have been forced to shift to safer places due to intermittent rains.

The affected Afghans told Dawn on Friday that two mud houses had collapsed killing a girl and injuring another. They said the rain had weakened the mud structures.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2016