PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday recorded five more deaths from coronavirus, all in Peshawar district, amid the administration’s claim that 70 per cent of the local religious leaders and seminary students have been vaccinated against the virus.

A news release issued here said a delegation of ulema called on Peshawar’s deputy commissioner Khalid Mahmood and the meeting was told that the vaccination of religious teachers and students was in progress and they all would be vaccinated within a month.

The visitors led by Mufti Zafar Zaman assured the administration of their community’s cooperation regarding the success of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign.

It said vaccine doses were administered to the students and teachers of seminaries in Peshawar through mobile vans.

Published in Dawn, July 3rd, 2021