12:18 PM
Muhammad Zai Khan
The Annual Meeting of Board of Trustees of Baacha Khan Trust held on Friday at Peshawar. Chairman Bacha Khan Trust and ANP Central President Asfandiyar Wali Khan chaired the meeting. Trust�s annual accounts, performance, research and educational activities, future planning and other matters were reviewed in detail during the meeting.
Senior Vice President and ANP Provincial President Senator Afraseyab Khattak, Secretary of the Trust Ameer Ghazan Khan Hoti, Trust members Advocate Baz Mohammed Khan and Naek Amal Khan, MD Bacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation Dr.Khadim Hussain, Joint Director Bacha Khan Research Center Zalan Mohmand and Dr. Fazal Rahim Marwat were also present.
Asfandiyar Wali Khan lauded successes of Bacha Khan Trust and expressed satisfaction over its performance. He said research and educational activities under the trust are aimed at reproducing history, culture and customs of Pakhtuns in documentary form and security to national norms in order to aware the new generations of Baacha Khan�s thoughts and philosophy. He said, "The main aim of Baacha Khan was education of his people and he struggled hard for this objective." He said Bacha Khan Trust is employing these golden rules.
MD Bacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation Dr.Khadim Hussain apprised the meeting of 14 schools performance and needs running under the trust in different districts of the province. He also provided details regarding annual accounts of the schools, teachers� training, students� curricular and extra-curricular activities and future planning. The meeting was informed that currently 14 schools are working under the trust and the number of students in these schools exceeds 2500 out of which 950 are girls� students. Likewise, the total number of faculty members is 152 out of which 103 are female teachers. The meeting was also apprised of Trust relief and rehabilitation activities during current flooding in the province. The trust has directly reached 10,000 affectees while 20,000 affectees have been assisted indirectly. Asfandiyar Wali lauded all these efforts of the trust.
