PPP in forefront for promotion of education in Chitral: MPA

The MPA also announced the establishment of a computer lab for a private school in Drosh. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony attended by a large number of party workers and local notables, the MPA said since former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the PPP had done lots of work for the promotion of education in Chitral. He said the PPP would be in the forefront in promoting education in the valley in future too. He said the PPP had laid a network of schools across the district, adding the daughters of Chitral were not behind their brothers in terms of education. He said during the previous government of the ANP and PPP in KP, two university campuses were set up in Chitral to facilitate the youth of the valley to pursue higher education at their doorsteps. The MPA also said land had been acquired in Saedabad area of Chitral for the establishmet of a university while talks with the HEC officers were in the final stages and work on the project would be launched soon. He said during the ANP government, he arranged funds for a number of mega projects, including the two university campuses, Chitral bypass road, Drosh water project and Golen water project. Speaking on the occasion, District Council member Mahmoodul Hassan, Qari Jamal Abdul Nasir, chairman village council Shah Nigar, ANP Drosh president Shahzada Ziauddin, PPP vice-president Javed Akhtar, Shahzada Nizamudin, Qazi Faisal, Ahmed Saeed, PPP youth councilor Kalim Hyder and others praised the services of the MPA.—Bashir Hussain Azad]]>