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Several KP schools declared dilapidated after deadly Peshawar school collapse
Several government schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been found dilapidated in inspections launched after a catastrophic roof fall at a private school in Peshawar that killed 34 people, including 32 children and two female teachers.
The provincial education administration said preliminary inspection reports had found dilapidated school buildings and classrooms in numerous districts after videos showing the bad state of schools went viral on social media.
Badal, Buner: Four out of six classrooms of a government school in Badal, Buner have been declared in dilapidated condition, the department said. Moreover, 15 out of 20 classrooms at three government schools in Charsadda were found to be in a terrible condition.
In Lower Dir, three government boys’ schools were certified unfit for use, while a government school in Bami Banda, Karak, had two classrooms in deteriorated condition.
The inspection reports also said that four out of five classrooms at two government schools in Lakki Marwat were in bad condition. In Mardan, four out of 15 classrooms in two government schools were also declared decrepit.
In Dera Ismail Khan it was claimed that all 25 classrooms of two government schools were in a decrepit condition. Meanwhile the three government girls schools in Haripur were also pronounced totally dilapidated.
The education department said the first data had been obtained using films uploaded on social media after the province administration appealed to citizens to recognize schools in need of urgent repairs.
The examination follows the collapse of a private school building in Peshawar’s Dir Colony three days earlier. The catastrophe claimed the lives of 32 children and two female teachers, while over 40 youngsters were injured. The owner of the school was later arrested.
The first information report (FIR) registered in the case said that the pupils had expressed worry to the school management about the state of the structure which was deteriorating and its walls and roof could fall. The FIR says their grievances were not addressed.
Police claimed that 110 youngsters were present at the school during the event that took place in the jurisdiction of Yakatoot police station.
The FIR has named the school’s proprietors, co-owners and contractor and said that poor construction material was utilized in the establishment of Al-Khair Education System in Saeedabad neighborhood of Dir Colony.
After the incident, the province government ordered the inspection of buildings of private schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for safety and constituted inquiry committees at the district level to analyze the structural safety.
The trophy for the upcoming ODI tri-series between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England has been unveiled with the captains of the three sides sitting for photographs with the silverware.
Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi, England captain Harry Brook and Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis were present at the trophy unveiling ceremony ahead of the much-awaited tournament.
The tri-series begins on October 18 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, with hosts Pakistan facing Sri Lanka in the opening game. The match is set to commence at 1:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
Rawalpindi will host the first three matches of the competition before the action shifts to Lahore.
The final will be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on October 31.
The teams will face each other twice in a double round-robin format throughout the league stage, creating a competitive series amongst the three nations.
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Hundreds of Indian students gathered at Parliament Square in the British capital on Saturday to protest against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and seek the dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a disputed alteration of electoral lists.
The event, organized by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth branch, with backing from UK-based Indian students’ groups and other diaspora organizations, included appeals to end “vote theft” and defend India’s democratic institutions.
The rally was addressed by Dhruv Rathee, an activist who was the keynote speaker during the “Stop Vote Chori” (Stop Vote Theft) protest.
He demanded the replacement of the chief election commissioner through a mechanism negotiated by the administration and the opposition leader.
“It is important that the message against ‘vote chori’ is spread in our country,” Rathee stated in Hindi. “These protests will continue until the Chief Election Commissioner is removed and a person accepted by the government and Leader of the Opposition is appointed.”
Hundreds of Indian students gathered at the Parliament Square in the British capital on Saturday to protest against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and demand the sacking of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a disputed alteration of electoral lists.
The event, organized by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth branch, with backing from UK-based Indian students’ groups and other diaspora organizations, included appeals to end “vote theft” and defend India’s democratic institutions.
The rally was addressed by Dhruv Rathee, an activist who was the keynote speaker during the “Stop Vote Chori” (Stop Vote Theft) protest.
He demanded the replacement of the chief election commissioner through a mechanism negotiated by the administration and the opposition leader.
“It is important that the message against ‘vote chori’ is spread in our country,” Rathee stated in Hindi. “These protests will end when the Chief Election Commissioner is replaced by a person acceptable to both the government and the Leader of the Opposition.
Late on Saturday, Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty stated there were “fatalities and injuries” following an incident at a military base in western Canada.
“I am saddened to say that there have been fatalities and injuries as a consequence of an incident on the base,” McGuinty added, named as Wainwright in Alberta.
Prime Minister Mark Carney had previously posted to X on Saturday that “a serious incident creating a major fire” had occurred at the base.
Neither gave specifics about how many injuries there were or what happened at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, some 200 kilometers southeast of Edmonton.
“We’ll have more to say in the hours and days to come,” added McGuinty.
CFB Wainwright is among the busiest army bases in Canada.
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