{"id":5910,"date":"2020-09-01T15:58:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=5910"},"modified":"2020-09-01T15:58:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:58:20","slug":"library-in-kpk-turned-to-scrapyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/library-in-kpk-turned-to-scrapyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Library in KPK Turned To Scrapyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

A devastatingly sad news was just brought to our attention a few days ago. The only library in District Tank, KPK<\/em> has been turned into a garbage dump. One of our followers tagged us in a post regarding the issue.\u00a0Daastan<\/a> found it absolutely gut wrenching and felt it was exceptionally necessary to create awareness.<\/p>\n

Being a developing country, a large percentage<\/a> of people in Pakistan suffer from multidimensional poverty<\/em>. A root cause of this would be the lack of education<\/em>, mostly in the underprivileged areas<\/em>. This leads to many major societal issues such as: gender inequality, low literacy rates <\/em>and lack of opportunities<\/em>. What\u2019s more concerning, however, is the fact that instead of working towards improvement, we are going as far from it as possible.<\/p>\n

The Central Library, KPK<\/h2>\n

The central library was the only<\/em> library in the entire district. It turns out, it had been closed for over 15<\/strong> years! Daastan feels the need to raise<\/em> our voice regarding the insensitivity<\/em> towards the educational sector<\/em> by the government. The library must<\/em> be restored so that students can use it to their advantage. All resources, including internet services<\/em>, should be provided to these students so they are not deprived from opportunities due to their geographical location.<\/em><\/p>\n

Responsible Citizens to the Rescue<\/h2>\n

The former Pakistani cricket team captain<\/em> and our favourite cricketer Shahid<\/a> Afridi tweeted<\/a> about the current state of the historical building. He took responsibility for the Library’s refurbishment: \u2018Youth is our future & education is paramount to their development. I will ensure restoration of this library with help of my foundation.\u2019<\/em> says Shahid Afridi.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s heart wrenching to see the only library in District Tank, KP, closed for over 15 years now. Youth is our future & education is paramount to their development. I will ensure restoration of this library with help of my foundation @SAFoundationN<\/a> #hopenotout<\/a> #education<\/a> #saf<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/fbL7Z0Mnhh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) August 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n