LOWER DIR: The acting chairman of board of intermediate and secondary education (BISE) Malakand, Mohammad Naseem Khan, on Thursday suspended the supervisory staff of three examination centres for girls over their involvement in circulating papers in Whatsapp groups.

He also banned use of mobile phones by supervisory staff in the examination halls. In three separate notifications issued by him, it was stated that duties of superintendents and deputy superintendents of centres in Mian Brangola, Badwan and Koto in the ongoing SSC examinations had been cancelled immediately.

The notification said that the action was taken against the staff for planned negligence of sharing papers on Whatsapp soon after 9am from the centres.

Talking to journalists, Naseem Khan said that he along with his inspection team paid surprise visits to the three centres where it was confirmed that the papers were being shared in various Whatsapp groups.

He said that the rest of the staff would also be dealt with strictly in case of any such negligence during the examinations.

He rejected social media posts about papers’ leak and termed it baseless. He said that smooth examinations were in progress in a peaceful environment and there were no proofs about papers’ leak.

DRIVE: The additional deputy commissioner, Jan Mohammad, chaired an evening review meeting regarding the ongoing anti-polio drive and directed police to provide foolproof security to vaccinators.

The meeting was informed that a total of 332,570 children below five years would be vaccinated during the five-day drive in the district. A total of 1,268 mobile, 58 transit and 69 fixed teams have been formed for the drive.

RESCUE 1122: Rescue 1122 responded to a total of 485 emergencies out of 534 during the month of April in the district.

According to a report shared by Rescue 1122 district emergency officer Ibrar Ali, a total of 5,230 phone calls were received by the organisation and 534 were related to road accident, house fire, house collapse, drowning and firing.

He said that 207 victims were shifted to hospitals and a total of 201 medical emergencies, 44 road accidents, 18 house fires, six clashes, nine house collapse, seven drowning and 42 miscellaneous cases were reported during the month.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2024