Education key to real progress CM aide.

MANSEHRA -- Adviser to the chief minister on population welfare, Ahmed Hussain Shah, said on Sunday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was giving due importance to education sector to put the province on the path of real progress and development.

'The corruption committed by successive governments in past affected the education sector too and as a result we couldn't attain the prosperity, but our government is committed to putting this province on the way to real development through promoting science and technology education,' Mr Shah told the 16th parents day function of Pakistan Scouts Cadet College, Batrasi, here.

President Arif Alvi was scheduled to attend the function as chief guest, but he couldn't because of the inclement weather.

Parents day function held in Scouts Cadet College Batrasi

The adviser announced Rs5 million for the college on behalf of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and said that the KP government had approved four colleges for the district alone since coming into power.

'The cadets who passed out from here have been serving on important positions in the armed forces and other fields and you should follow the suit to serve this country,' said Mr Shah.

PSCC principal retired Brig Abdul Hafeez told the gathering that...