Parents want private schools to announce vacations, reduce fees
July 2, 2021
PESHAWAR: Parents of students studying at private schools staged a demonstration outside Peshawar Press Club on Thursday, asking for relief in education fees due to the coronavirus pandemic and summer holidays for their children.
Led by the parents’ union president Alamzeb Khan, former PPP MPA Mehar Sultana, legal advisor Abbas Sangeen advocate and spokesman Shahid Niazi, the protestors while carrying banners and placards urged the government to solve their problems.
The speakers deplored the issuance of two kinds of notifications by the so-called champions of “one Pakistan” regarding the summer vacations for the students. They said it was astonishing that the government schools were closed for vacations but private schools were allowed to continue classes for children.
PPP workers mark 42nd death of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Peshawar
April 5, 2021
PESHAWAR: The leaders and workers of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday marked the 42nd death anniversary of the party founding-chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto by vowing to continue his struggle for the achievement of people rights and strengthening democracy.
The PPP Peshawar City District chapter organised Quran Khwani and offered fateha for the leader at the Peshawar Press Club on Sunday.
Headed by Zulfiqar Ahmad Afghani, the party office-bearers and members from various parts of the city and province attended the function.
Eulogizing unforgettable services of ZA Bhutto, the speakers, including Zulfiqar Ahmad Afghani, Zulfiqar Awan, Syed Tahir Abbas, Munir Comrade, Nawab Khattak and others said the life and struggle of their leader was a role model and they would fulfill his mission under the leadership of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.