Female teacher shot dead in Khar
BAJAUR AGENCY – Unidentified armed assailants gunned down a female teacher while two of her colleagues got injured in the incident that took place in Khar Tehsil of Bajaur Agency here on Thursday.
Eyewitnesses said that unknown armed men opened fire at three female teachers of a government primary school…
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Militants kill female teacher in Bajaur
A female teacher was killed and two of her colleagues wounded when masked militants shot them in an ambush in Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt on Thursday, officials said. The victims — all women — were targeted as they returned home on foot from their school in Khar, the main town…
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Militants kill female teacher in Bajaur
A female teacher was killed and two of her colleagues wounded when masked militants shot them in an ambush in Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt on Thursday, officials said. The victims — all women — were targeted as they returned home on foot from their school in Khar, the main town…
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Militants kill female teacher in Bajaur
A female teacher was killed and two of her colleagues wounded when masked militants shot them in an ambush in Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt on Thursday, officials said. The victims — all women — were targeted as they returned home on foot from their school in Khar, the main town…
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Oxfam urges immediate reconstruction
LONDON (AFP) – Reconstruction efforts must begin immediately in Pakistan to prevent the flooding disaster from becoming a long-term catastrophe, aid agency Oxfam said Sunday.
The British-based international charity said in a statement released here that billions of dollars would be needed to start rebuilding schools, roads, bridges and hospitals…
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Train hits van in SAfrica; kills 8 kids
South African local media is reporting that at least eight school children have been killed and four others injured when a train hit a van taking the children to school Wednesday. The collision occurred in Cape Town. Witnesses told local media that the driver of the van drove around a…
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Train hits van in SAfrica; kills 8 kids
South African local media is reporting that at least eight school children have been killed and four others injured when a train hit a van taking the children to school Wednesday. The collision occurred in Cape Town. Witnesses told local media that the driver of the van drove around a…
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Jirga blast kills 7 in Kurram
KURRAM AGENCY – At least seven people including a schoolteacher were killed and six others got injured when a bomb went off at a jirga here on Monday.
According to details, a jirga of the tribal elders was in progress to settle a dispute with regard to ownership of a…
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Punjab schools to remain closed till Sept 9
LAHORE – All the government and private schools will remain closed till 9th of September, said a notification issued by Additional Secretary (General) Schools on Saturday.
Due to unprecedented floods thousands of schools are under water. A large number of flood relief camps are functioning at schools in the…
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FDE violates education policy
ISLAMABAD – The Directorate of Education (FDE), in sheer violation of the National Education Policy 2009 and its own policies has again announced induction of schoolteachers in grade-9 and 14 through walk in interviews.
According to National Education Policy it has been decided that no recruitment would be made…
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Police Instructor gunned down
ISLAMABAD – An Instructor of Police Training School was gunned down here on Tuesday in the limits of Sihala Police Station, police said.
According to details, Inspector Raja Zahoor Ahmed of Punjab police who was currently performing his duty as Instructor at Rawat Police Training School was killed by three…
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Asthma prevalence high in children who snore: Study
Preschool children who regularly snore are more likely to have asthma and nocturnal cough than those who do not snore, according to the results of a study published in the August issue of Chest.
Dr. Jennifer K. Peat, of the University of Sydney, Australia, and colleagues measured the prevalence…
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Monsoon rains destroy 150 schools
At least 150 schools under Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) have been destroyed due to torrential monsoon rains. As per details, the recent torrential rains had devastating impact on schools under Punjab Education Foundation. The schools have destroyed in seven districts Muzaffargarh, Rajan Pur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bhakkar, Mianwali, Layyah and…
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HSSC Supplementary exams from Oct. 05
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) will hold supplementary exams of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) from 5 October, 2010. According to board sources those students who could not get through in annual exams-2010 or those who have desire to improve their grades, now they would have chance…
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Senate approves Obama nominee Kagan to top court
President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court won Senate approval on Thursday, his second appointment to the court that decides abortion, death penalty and other contentious cases.The Democratic-led Senate voted largely along party lines, 63-37, to confirm the former Harvard Law School dean as the fourth…
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Floodwater enters village near Guddu Barrage
The water level at Guddu Barrage is persistently surging today, as the floodwater inundated school, mosque and several houses in the village abutting the Barrage, report said on Thursday. Flood tide with over 700,000 cusecs of water is raging from Guddu Barrage, causing dozens of villages to be deluged under…
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3 children, 1 teacher killed in China attack
A knife-wielding man went on a slashing rampage in a kindergarten in eastern China, leaving three children and one teacher dead, area residents reported Wednesday.
The unidentified assailant entered the school in a suburb of Zibo in Shandong province at about 4 p.m. Tuesday as parents were picking up their…
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