SWABI: Speakers at a seminar on education said here on Sunday that the government should introduce result-oriented reforms in its education policy so that the country could catch up with the rapid technological and scientific advancements.
The seminar was held in the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology and attended by GIK Institute rector, faculty members and students.
Prof Dr Shahid Siddiqui, former vice-chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, was the key speaker on the occasion.
The participants said that Pakistan had been lagging behind in the education field.
Prof Siddiqui, who had authored nine books on education system in Pakistan, said access to contemporary education should be the top priority of the government and practical steps should be taken in this regard.
“There is no alternative to education. It is the only panacea for all our ills, but only lip service would not work,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Khalid said the GIK Institute provided an excellent environment to its students to get quality education and produce indigenous technology.
BODY FOUND: The police recovered body of an eight-year old boy bearing marks of animals’ attack from a maize field in Mamo Banda village of Maneri Bala here on Sunday.
DSP headquarters Nooral Amin said this while talking to mediapersons here. The DSP’s claim about the animals-inflicted injuries was also confirmed by the postmortem report.
Earlier, it was claimed on social media that kidneys of the deceased boy, Anas Khan, had been removed and criminals might be involved in the incident.
When contacted, DPO Mohammad Shoaib said an inquiry had been initiated to find whether it was a murder or the boy was killed by animals. Gul Afsar told police he was coming home with his children from a nearby mosque after Isha prayer on Saturday night when one of his sons disappeared.
Later, he registered an FIR with Swabi city police station about missing of his son. However, he said that they found his body with the abdomen opened from an agricultural field on Sunday morning.
Published in Dawn, September 26th, 2022