Briefs

Muhammad Iqbal Marwat, elder brother of Faheemullah Marwat advocate, passed

 

Our correspondent

LAKKI MARWAT: Muhammad Iqbal Marwat, elder brother of Faheemullah Marwat advocate, passed away due to cardiac arrest in US on Sunday.His body would be flown to Lahore Airport today where from it would be shifted to his native Mela Shahabkhel village for burial.He was also the brother of Ikramullah, Javed Iqbal, Asif Mahmood and Sajjad Mahmood. He is survived by four sons and widow.

 

KP govt committed to improving

standard of education: minist.er

Bureau report

 

PESHAWAR: Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Muhammad Atif on Tuesday said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was spending billions of rupees to improve education standard in the state-run schools.He was speaking at the Parent-teacher Council (PTC) Convention organised by Alif Ailaan here.