KOHAT: Students of the government higher secondary school for boys, Ustarzai, have been facing difficulties in preparation for the upcoming board examinations due to shortage of teaching staff.

Talking to mediapersons after visiting the school here on Friday, district councillor and provincial joint secretary of PML-N, Mian Shah Raza, said that seven posts of subject specialist teachers had been lying vacant in the school since long. He criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government for not filling the vacant posts.

Mr Raza said that though the government had been raising the slogan of education emergency, the schools in his area were still facing acute shortage of staff. He feared that if the same situation persisted many students would fail in the board examinations due to lack of proper preparation.

ROBBER ARRESTED: The cantonment police claimed to have arrested the accused in a robbery case that occurred on the night of Nov 17 in Jawaki Banda and recovered the looted items on Friday.

According to a police statement, unidentified criminals had looted gold and cash from the house of one Suleman Shah after intoxicating the family members. They had made away with 16-tola gold, Rs2 million saving certificates, Rs200,000 cash, seven mobile phones, a laptop and pistol.

According to the police, the accused, Fayyaz Khan, was arrested from the old tableeghi markaz area and that he had confessed to his crime. The police have recovered all the items except the saving certificates. They have got the physical remand of the accused for further interrogation.

Meanwhile, the district administration would observe Anti-Corruption Week from Dec 5 to create awareness among the people about the menace.

According to a statement, the decision was taken at a meeting chaired by additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Junaid.

Published in Dawn December 3rd, 2016