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Zulfiqar Ali Khan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On August 3, Gilgit-Baltistan hit national and international headlines due to the apparently coordinated attacks on fourteen schools in\u00a0 Diamer District. Unidentified miscreants vandalized and blew up two schools, and torched 12 others – most of them for girls – in Chilas, Darel and Tangir areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

While denting the efforts to educate the children of Diamer, the attacks also heightened the fears of terror resurgence, because for the last three years, there was complete peace in the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis small incident will not have a big impact,\u201d says Syed Abdul Waheed Shah, Commissioner Diamer. The commissioner said they had already rebuilt an affected school in Chilas, while other schools would also be re-constructed before the start of the academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also Watch:\u00a0First of 14 schools repaired in Diamer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cChief Minister Giglit-Baltistan has approved construction of boundary walls and deployment of 65-armed security guards to prevent any untoward situation in the future,\u201d he informed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The incident is seen as a well-coordinated attack where schools, located in far-flung areas, were attacked within half an hour, between 1:00 and 1:30 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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