The data collected by Directorate of Education, Fata shows that 417 schools including 133 for girls have been blown up in Fata by the end of March last as Islamic fascisti are still targeting educational institutions in the region.
"The dilemma is that on the one hand the directorate lacks financial resources to reconstruct damaged buildings while on the other, Islamic fascisti are still bombing schools," said an official.
He said that army had started reconstruction of 78 schools, both for boys and girls, in some areas of Fata. He added that army had received money from Saudi Development Fund for reconstruction of schools in tribal areas. The authorities are reconstructing 52 schools in
Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central where normality has been returned.Soddy Arabia has provided $72 million from its development fund for reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in Malakand division of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
and Fata. The army and some non-governmental organizations are reconstructing schools in Bajaur, Mohmand
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
, Khyber and others areas.