Villagers block road for hours to demand arrest of murderer
National
February 4, 2021
HARIPUR: Several villagers belonging to Mashwani tribe here on Wednesday blocked the road to demand the arrest of alleged assassins of one of their tribe members.
The protesters, who arrived in groups from different villages of surrounding areas of Sirikot, staged a sit-in at Paniyan Chowk on the GT Road.
The protest started at around 3pm and ended at 7.30pm when the local police gave them assurance about incorporation of terrorism sections in the FIR and arrest of accused within next 7 days.
The flow of traffic remained suspended for over four and half hours, exposing the commuters and motorists to difficulties as the protesters refused to disperse till the arrest of accused charged with the murder of Zohaib Shah 17, son of Sanaullah Shah, former nazim of Dheenda union council.
Remaining educational institutions reopen today
National
February 1, 2021
PESHAWAR: The remaining educational institutions are reopening today after closer due to Covid-19 and the extended winter vacation.
The institutions for grade nine to 12 have already opened for academic activities on January 18. The schools from playgroup to middle level, colleges for degree programmes and universities are reopening today.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had earlier decided that the educational institutions would reopen from January 18 and 25, but later some changes were made and the lower and higher educational institutions were asked to reopen from February 1.
The private schools especially in the rural areas have already resumed their on-campus academic activities in defiance of the government decision.
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VCs demand continuation of MA/MSc programme in KP universities
Peshawar
December 19, 2020
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The vice-chancellors of the public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa passed a resolution in an online meeting on Friday, demanding the continuation of the conventional degree programmes of Master of Arts/Master of Science (MA/MSc) at universities across the province.
The meeting which was hosted and chaired by Gomal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Iftikhar Ahmad unanimously agreed that replacement of Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (BA/BSc) programme and its subsequent replacement with four-year BS programme had created a host of problems for the public sector universities that were already facing financial issues.