Ex-Fata schools.

The Peshawar High Court has given the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government about two weeks to release funds for the provincial education department to address a plethora of problems at schools in the tribal belt. It is disappointing that even after being merged into K-P, tribal districts are still not seeing the kind of investment in infrastructure and social services they desperately need. Despite the region's geopolitical significance - and the many security threats associated with lack of education or opportunity in prime TTP recruitment territory - its raw distance from major cities means it is forgotten, sometimes even by its own elected officials.

What else would explain shortages of even the most basic facilities in primary schools? While we understand valid arguments could be made relating to cost or other logistical issues, they all fall flat in hindsight, since the education secretary claims the furniture could be provided in one day to a Khyber district school that is part of the litigation. Given that the schools at the centre of the hearing have been missing...

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