Karachi
January 17, 2021
The low-fee Naunehal Secondary School in Karachi’s District West emerged thrice after being bombed by terrorists, but the financial crunch caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced it to be shut down permanently.
Located near Kati Pahari in Islamia Colony, the school had been reopened in October 2019, six years after terrorists had forced it to be closed over co-education.
Ignoring the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) initial threats, the school’s owners Abdul Waheed and Syed Latif had continued running the educational institution with the same unwavering dedication.
A few days later, however, TTP terrorists bombed the school, causing severe injuries to Latif. “At the time the incident took place in 2012, I was inside the school discussing the TTP’s threats with my friend Waheed,” recalls Latif.
Karachi
January 11, 2021
After educational institutions were shut down for the second time last year in view of the second wave of Covid-19, over 300 low-fee private schools across Karachi have closed for good.
The All Private Schools Management Association (APSMA) and the All Sindh Private Schools & Colleges Association (ASPSCA) said that a majority of these schools had been running in underprivileged areas of the city.
They said owners and administrators of hundreds of other constituent schools have been approaching them for financial assistance, but the associations are not in any position to help them and save the futures of thousands of their students.