CHARSADDA: Students, their parents, political activists and councillors staged a demonstration against lack of teachers at a government girls’ primary school in Tangi tehsil here the other day.

The protesters set a 15-day deadline for the appointment of teachers to the school in Sahibzada Kallay area of Gundheri union council or they would lock it up.

The protesters said that the school had been without a teacher for last one year. They said 200 boys and girls were enrolled.

The parents and activists said they repeatedly requested the relevant authorities to post teachers to the school, but to no effect.

They said due to the authorities’ negligence, not only was the educational future of children at risk, but there was also significant disappointment and anger among the parents.

The councillors urged the authorities concerned to appoint teachers to the school with immediate effect.

ATTACK CONDEMNED: Qaumi Watan Party provincial chairman Sikandar Hayat Sherpao has condemned the attack on a convoy carrying humanitarian aid to the restive Kurram district and demanded of the government to take action against the perpetrators and restore peace to the region.

He was speaking at a ceremony held at the residence of party leader Jahanzeb Khan in Tangi Sherpao area here other day.

About the conviction of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Al-Qadir Trust case, Sikandar Sherpao said that it was not a good omen for the political process. He pointed out that when a political leader was convicted for wrongdoing, it affected the political environment.

The QWP leader said PTI had been in power in the province for the past 11 years, and the people had the right to ask what steps it had taken to improve their lives during this period.

He flayed PTI for failing to address the province’s issues, including corruption, and for not delivering on its promises. He claimed that corruption in the province was rampant, especially in transfers, postings, recruitments, and even in the allocation of government housing.

Published in Dawn, January 19th, 2025