LOWER DIR: Teachers’ organisations and parents on Friday demanded of the high-ups of the elementary and secondary education department to immediately provide free textbooks to the public sector schools for distribution among deserving students.

In separate statements, Insaf Teachers’ Association district president Tahir Altaf Sarhadi and Wahdat-i-Asateza general secretary Shahid Mahmood complained the schoolchildren were yet to get textbooks despite the commencement of the new academic year.

They said some students of high schools had been provided with old books, while most of primary school students were yet to get books.

The parents demanded of the government to ensure availability of books in schools without delay.

The teachers’ leaders said textbooks were also not available on the market, causing unrest among students.

They also demanded of the government to fill the vacant posts of district education officer (male and female), which had been lying vacant for last one year.

An official of the education department told Dawn on contact that arrangements were being made to deliver books to students. He said the learning process was in progress as students had been provided with old books.

KILLED: A man was killed and six others were injured rival groups clashed over a land dispute in Chinargi Jabagai village on Friday, police and residents said.

They said the families of Jawdar Malak and Islamuddin Malak traded fire, which killed Islamuddin, 60, and injured his brother, Awal Khan and son, Maooz.

Four persons from the other group, including Umar Hayat, Amir Rehman, Alamgir Khan and Bunir Gul, also sustained injuries. The deceased and the injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Lal Qila.

In a similar development, five persons were injured when two groups clashed over a land dispute in Juro village the other day.

The injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Chakdara.

The Asbanr police registered a case and started investigations.

DEFENCE: Sanaullah, an M.Phil scholar in the department of mathematics, University of Malakand, on Friday defended his thesis titled ‘analysis of fractional order delay differential equations with Robin boundary conditions’.

Dr Kamal Shah, associate professor, and Dr Amanullah, assistant professor of the department of mathematics supervised his thesis.

External examiner was Dr Zia Bashir, associate professor at the department of mathematics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2024