LOWER DIR: Senior teachers awaiting promotion to the posts of headmasters and subject specialists in basic pay scale 17 on Wednesday threatened to start a protest campaign after the Eidul Fitr if the elementary and secondary education department further delayed the matter.

They made the announcement during a meeting held here.

The participants expressed concern over ‘deliberate’ delay in their promotion from grade 16 to 17 despite the fact that they had met all the criteria.

They said there were 1,200 senior secondary schoolteachers waiting for promotion. They said several SSTs had retired before their promotion to grade 17 due to unnecessary delay from the quarters concerned.

The teachers said their provincial organisation had recorded protest in February in Peshawar, and the directorate of education had promised to complete the process in March, but to no avail.

The speakers said a meeting of the departmental promotion committee was yet to be held.

SHOP: Al-Khidmat Foundation on Wednesday inaugurated a shoe shop where orphans could get shoes of their choice for Eid.

Timergara assistant commissioner Dr Nida Iqbal and the foundation’s district president Hafeezullah Khaksar inaugurated the shop. Orphans were gifted with shoes of their choice.

Talking to reporters on the occasion, Dr Nida lauded the charity and said children would feel a sense of ownership by selecting shoes for themselves.

She said social organisations should also follow the suit.

IFTAR DINNER: Islami Jamiat Talaba, a students’ wing of Jamaat-i-Islami, arranged an Iftar-dinner in Timergara the other day. A large number of residents, including students, attended the dinner.

IJT provincial chief Wasim Haidar and Timergara nazim Sadiqullah said such gestures strengthened bonds among different segments of society.

Published in Dawn, April 4th, 2024