MARDAN: Dozens of students and staff of Working Folks Grammar School and College Takhtbhai on Friday staged a protest against the murder of a ninth class girl student of the same school. A large number of male and girl students and staff of the college participated in the protest. The protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans seeking justice for Laiba, a student 9th class at the Working Folks Grammar School and College Takhtbhai. They gathered on the Mardan-Malakand road and blocked it for traffic for hours. The protesters demanded the Chief Justice to bring the culprits to justice.
"We will continue protest till the arrest of the accused," said Ashfaq Khan, principal of the school. It may be mentioned that unidentified accused on Thursday killed Laiba when she was going to the school along with her elder brother Ilyas Khan.
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