Brilliant girl student vows to make career in civil services

Abdur Razzaq

TAKHTBHAI: Rehana Bibi, a brilliant student of the International Relations (IR) Department at the Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, plans to do Central Superior Services (CSS) examination to join civil services after her masters.

Rehana, who clinched second position in her first semester, while talking to Dateline Peshawar said that women were not inferior to men in any field of life. She said that she believed in hard work, dedication and determination for achieving something special in the life.

Rehana Bibi, daughter of Fazal Muhammad and resident of Shergarh in Takhthai, belongs to a poor family, said that she did her graduation with great difficulty as her father was the sole bread earner for the entire family. Her father is running a spare parts shop.

She said she got her nursery education from government primary school Rabnawaz Banda and had secured first position in examinations from grade one to Matric.

She also secured second position in FA examination and was given Rs 15,000 as cash prize and was also awarded scholarship.

“Whenever I pass by my school and looking at the children busy studying there, it recalls me the past days and sweet memories of my childhood,” she recollected.

Rehana said that when she was in grade nine her father sold out the house because he had no money to bear her and her other siblings educational expenditures. “My father sold the house to get us educated,” she added.

She said that now they purchased another house in and her siblings were also studying in Islamabad. In routine Rehana was studying for four hours a day while studying for nine to ten hours during her preparations.

“All human beings are equal, have two eyes, hands and legs but those working hard could achieve what they want. Hard work and firm commitment is the key to success” Rehana argued.

“In our society parents mostly provide religious education to their children, if they provide both religious education and formal education to their children then they will be able to cope with the socio-economical, financial and other societal issues effectively”, she said.

She said that parents could not change the mind-set of adults easily as compared to small children, adding that parents had to take keen interest to give quality education to their children especially to their daughters because they were the future mothers and would guide their children in a systematic way.

She topped Government Girls Degree College Takht-Bhai in the Bachelor of Arts examination (BA) held under the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.  Now she is doing her master in IR at the Qauid-e-Azam University Islamabad and bagged 2^nd position for herself.

She plans to appear in the Central Superior Services (CSS) examination to work for the betterment for her homeland.

Mumlikat will fight for women

Abdur Razzaq

MARDAN: A graduate housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to be approved to run for election from PK-27 constituency and as a third woman to fight election from NA-10 Mardan (II) constituency, who has a ray of hope to fight for women rights.

Mumlikat Bashir, 32, may have little chance of winning, but her step toward participation in forthcoming general election is an intrusting move as any political party of NA-10 and PK-27 constituencies have not allotted party’s tickets to female candidates.

Her nomination papers have been approved for both constancies and she will contest the elections independently.

Though it will be a tough competition for Mumlikat, because former Member of National Assembly (MNA) Maulana Qasim and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ex-provincial minister of excise and taxation, Fazle Rabbani will contest election from NA-10 and PK-27 constituencies respectively and it has been observed that both have strong positions.

“I am an educated woman and I tried my best to become a teacher but because of massive corruption in all government institutions I could not get job and that is the reason behind my participation elections to eradicate corruption from the state. I have passion in my heart and I hope that people will support me. My enthusiasm is to educate girls and women and serve them” she told to The Spokesman during an exclusive interview.

“I know I am the only woman to contest election from PK-27 and NA-10 constituencies but I am hopeful that I will win” she said.

Mumlikat added that she belong to an educated family and her family was supporting her, further said that despite the fragile law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, she goes door-to-door on foot for her election campaign to convince the women voters.

He said that she has never been threatened but acknowledges she cannot campaign publicly.

Mumlikat motioned that for the last ten years she was keeping ten rupees each day and summed almost 40,000 rupees which were her assets, adding that she would use such money for her election campaign.

Several families announce joining JI

Abdur Razzaq

TAKHTBAHI: Scores of families belonging to different union councils (UC) in Takhtbhai tehsil in Mardan district announced joining Jamaat-e-Islami and vowed to support the party in forthcoming general elections.

JI Deputy Chief Sirajul Haq was the chief guest at the public gathering where Fazle Rabbani, candidate for PK 27 and Sultan Muhammad aspirant for NA-10 and other JI office-bearers were also present. A large number of people from all walks of life attended the rally.

Some 351 families from UC Mady Baba, 118 Takkar, 138 Parkho Dery, 71 Persaddi, 59 Makori, 26 Jalala and 246 from Sherghar joined JI.

Addressing the public meeting, Sirajul Haq said that if JI came into power it would bring about a revolution, adding that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) had ruined the country. “They are responsible for price-hike, prolonged power cuts and the bloodshed in Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,” he alleged

He said during five years, PPP and ANP didn’t take any step to eradicate militancy from Fata and KP.

 “Our government will give free education and treatment facilities to the poor people. We will arrange marriages of unmarried boys and girls and our government will bear the expenses if we came to power”, he expressed.

 He mentioned that he had evidence against those persons who did corruption in last five years and whether he came in government he would unveil them and would be punished severely.

He said that PPP and ANP leaderships had worked for US and whether they came into power in coming general elections they would hand over Pakistan’s nuclear assets either to US or India.

“We have peaceful people in our party and we want peace in our homeland. In coming general elections people will support us as they know that the PPP, ANP and their allies in last government has even snatched their basic needs of life”, Fazl-e-Rabbani, former Minster for Excise and Taxation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said.

Shabab-e-Milli starts campaign for coming elections

Atiq says pro-US policies of previous govt ruined the country

Abdur Razzaq

TAKHTBHAI: The ruling parties of previous government, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP) and their allies had failed to provide security to the people while energy crises and price hike were on the peak in their term, said Atiq-ur-Rehman, president of Shabab-e-Milli Pakistan.

Atiq-ur-Rehman, president of Shabab-e-Milli Pakistan, speaks during youth convention of Shabab-e-Milli in Takhtbhai here on Sunday.

Youth convention of Shabab-e-Milli Pakistan, youth wing of Jumat-e-Islami (JI), was held here in Takhtbhai on Sunday, in which large number of people from PF 26 and 27 constituencies participated. On the occasion Mian Nadir Shah, Fazle Rabbani, Sultan Muhhamad, Ameer JI district Mardan, Ghulam Rasool, General Secretary of JI and other officeholders of the party were also present.

During his speech, Atiq-ur-Rehman mentioned that the previous government had adopted pro-US policies and that was the reason US had deployed its agents in each and every department of Pakistan, adding with the help of corrupt and US puppet politicians the US government had imposed anti-Pakistan polices in the country.

He said the former government did nothing for the people while multiplied their problems by price hike, heavy load-shedding and worst condition of law and order situation across the country.

He blamed that Muttahida Qaumi Moment (MQM) was responsible for target killing, extortion and kidnapping for ransom in Karachi, adding that whether Altaf Hussain once came to Karachi then the law and order situation would be normal in the city as the people of the city knew that he is the main player of the game.

He said Pakistani people had become sick of corrupt politicians and they wanted Islamic revolution like Arab Spring in the country.

He expressed that Dr Adul Qadir’s alliance with JI had showed that JI was a patriotic party of the country and in coming general elections JI would get full support of the people.

Bomb blast: Explosion partially damages college

Abdur Razzaq

MARDAN: A bomb planted by unidentified militants exploded in Government Postgraduate College Mardan on Tuesday afternoon, partially damaging two classrooms of Physics department.

Police officials said that the bomb, weighting five kilogram, was placed in veranda of Physics department in the second storey of the college’s building and was exploded with a big bang damaging two classrooms of the department. The students were not present in the classrooms during the explosion and narrowly escaped. Police and Rescue 1122 rushed to the spot and started search operation.