DIR UPPER: Students of a girls’ middle school in Bibyawar Town are taking their annual examinations under umbrellas due to torrential rain in the area as the school building was blown up by militants in June last year which could not be repaired so far.
The school is situated the fields and most of its rooms are destroyed completely while some were partially damaged.
However, the process of education was not stopped despite threats and unfavourable atmosphere. The girl students continued their studies in the courtyard of the school for about nine months.
However, after a period of nine-month classes being conducted under the open sky, the government and education department failed to make arrangements for the annual examinations and now the students are forced to take their papers under umbrellas.
The Child Rights Committee (CRC) Upper Dir demanded of the government to provide a suitable atmosphere to the students to for their annual examinations.
It asked the education department and district government to instantly provide tents to the school so that the students had a shelter.
Death sentence awarded
The district and sessions judge Upper Dir awarded death sentence to a cop in a murder case and fined him Rs1 million.
The constable, Yaqoob Khan, resident of Talash Lower Dir, was accused of firing on a van in which a close relative of union council nazim, Noor Muhammad, was killed.
The court of Asim Imam found Yaqoob Khan guilty of committing the crime.
Announcing the verdict in the case, he awarded death sentence to the police official.
In addition, the murderer would also pay a fine of Rs1 million besides facing a two-year rigorous imprisonment in case he failed to pay the fine.
Meanwhile, a man was killed in a clash between two rival groups in Belanzai area of Upper Dir.
The reason behind the clash was stated to be land disputes.
Police registered a case against the culprits and started further investigation.
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