Domicile certificates issuance drive in schools kicks off in Khyber Agency

By Ashrafuddin Pirzada

KHYBER AGENCY: The Khyber agency political agent Capt(r) Khalid Mehmood on Wednesday formally kicked off the domicile certificates issuance drive in schools and handed over four hundred domiciles to students in a state-run school in Landikotal.

 Landikotal administration with the collaboration of Landikotal Falahi Tanzeem Rokhana Sabaon welfare organization was organised at the government High Schools Zeentara in Landikotal.

Apart from the students,elders and parents a large number of students,assistant political agent of Landikotal Niaz Muhammad, political tehsildar Shamsul Islam,Agency Education Officer Jadoon Khan Wazir and passport officer Torkham Tehseenullah also attended the event.

The political agent of Khyber, Khalid Mehmood was chief guest of the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, political agent Khalid said they had taken a step to issue  domicile certificates to all students in every school. He said the aim of the provision of domiciles to student was not only to facilitate students but it would also spare valuable time of the officials.

Khalid Mehmood said it would also save students’ time and would help them to take admission in colleges in time.

"This will not only facilitate students but would also spare  much of their time when they go through a tricky process of acquiring domicile certificates for their children to take admission in colleges," Mehmood said.

He said they had started the drive from Landikotal tehsil and would extend it to all other tehsils of Khyber Agency in next week. Adding that after facilitating all the students of government schools from grade-1 to grade-10  they would also provide domiciles to students in private sector schools.

The official said in the first phase they had issued two hundred domicile certificates in each the government high school in Zeentara in Landikotal and government high school in Ghafoor Khan Killay Landikotal tehsil.

He urged teachers and parents that they should work as team to make  possible a favorite environment for students.

Addressing the gathering, AEO Jadoon Khan Wazir said praised the step taken by the officials. He said it would encourage  parents to send their children to colleges which was a lengthy and hard process to get domicile certificate.

 He said it was came in the notice that many students did not go to college level of education due to hard and fast rules for acquiring domiciles in the past.  

He said the drive would also provide them a data about the Afghan children learning in the schools.

Malik Masal Khan Shinwari, Malik Darya Khan Zakhakhel, Malik Hanif Shalmani also spoke on the occasion.

Later, political agent distributed domicile certificates and cash prizes among the students.