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India-Pakistan
War against education
2014-09-04
[DAWN] THE political turmoil in Islamabad seems to have eclipsed all other crises in the country. Amongst these is the religious krazed killers' assault on education in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, which is gaining ground. A school in Turbat, district Kech, was torched by an outfit calling itself 'Al Jihad' late on Monday. The forces of Evil left pamphlets in the area warning people not to send their children to English-medium schools and to only educate them at madressahs. The principal of the targeted school has said he had been receiving threats from unknown individuals for several months. This is far from the first incident of its kind in Balochistan. A school was set on fire by unknown assailants in Panjgur a few days ago while a number of educational institutions were attacked in the same district in May. At that time, a group calling itself Al Furqan al Islami had grabbed credit for the violence; then, too, the forces of Evil had issues with the teaching of English, while they also railed against coeducation. The attacks led to the lengthy closure of schools in the area while a number of parents reportedly relocated to Quetta and Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
so as to continue their children's education.
Posted by:Fred

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