Newspaper Review 4:

Date: 28 December 2008
Title: Taleban bans girls from school.

Taleban extremists in Pakistan’s troubled North West swat Valley have banned girls from going to school, threatening to kill all female students. The threat was delivered by local Taleban commander Shah Durran through an illegally-run station stating that they have till 15 Jan to stop sending their girls or else they will kill such girls. Schools were also warned not to enrol any female students or their schools will be blown up. This is the first time Talban have issued a complete ban on girls attending to school even though this issue has come under attacks before. The prohibition would continue until the Islamic syraiah law was fully implemented in the region. The Taleban militants have destroyed 252 schools , mainly those where girls and boys were studying together. Education has suffered badly in Swat as a result of the ongoing fighting between Taleban militants and security forces. These ongoing attacks have caused a severe blow to education of girls and young women with more than 17 000 students deprived of education. The rich has moved out of town whereas the poor were given no choice of leaving their daughters at home or conducting private schools. The government reached a deal with the rebels in May to gradually pull out troops and start an Islamic justice system in exchange for an end to attacks but the violence has since resumed.

Reflection:
I feel this is totally unfair to the Pakistani girls. They shouldn’t be treated any different from a boy/ male. Everybody should be treated equally and fairly regardless of the race or gender. Though it might be something to do with the religion as what it seems but its totally unreasonable to kill girls for having a simple education. Education is very important in this 21st century. Without education, there’s no future for individual. They have to stuck at home or be dependent of other’s prosper for survival. I feel the government or the militants have failed acknowledge this fact of education and girls .

Submitted by Rupini =]