Classmates kill peer in Haripur

GHAZI: An eighth grade student of the Wapda Cadet College in Tarbela tehsil in Haripur was allegedly killed by his class-fellows, police sources said on Saturday.
The sources said the students were rehearsing for a function late Friday night when they exchanged harsh words with their classmate Haseeb Iqbal over a petty issue. Haseeb belonging to Mardan district was beaten to death during a subsequent scuffle, the sources added. The police arrested the five accused.
Girl student dies as school wall collapses: A girl student was killed and three others injured when boundary wall of a school collapsed here on Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred in Government Girls’ Primary School, Sherdil Banda. Due to lack of rooms for students’ accommodation, the teachers had built a hut where the junior students were studying. The injured included Zimal Begum (7) and Nishad Khan (6).