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Futures razed and washed away A decade and a half after the 2005 earthquake, 2010 floods, 80% of girls’ schools in the region remain non-functional PESHAWAR: Education, especially girls’ education, does not receive much media attention in Pakistan s turbulent political and security conditions. Just few hours away from Mingora, the hometown of Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, 80 per cent of girls’ schools are non-functional in the three districts of Kohistan region. Locals under the auspices of a non-profit organisation, Kohistan Valley, in January 2018 conducted a survey according to which the three districts of Kohistan, Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan and Kolai Palas, Kohistan have 927 schools for boys and girls. Out of these schools, only 273 are for girls. Of those, at least 80 per cent are non-functional.

North west frontierNorthern areasMuhammad ashrafKhadim hussainMuhammad aminKohistan districtShad begumKohistan mehmoodul hassanHafeezur rehmanKolai palasMalala yousafzaiSyed rashid aliMember of the taleem action committeeBacha khan trust educational foundation peshawarInternational woman of courage awardEducation department