Governor attends funeral of Dir Colony school victims, visits site, vows action against responsible

PESHAWAR, Oct 15 (APP): Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi on Thursday attended the collective funeral prayer of 33 children and a female teacher who lost their lives in the Dir Colony school roof collapse incident and later visited the site of the tragedy, vowing strict action against those found responsible.

Talking to media during his visit, the Governor expressed deep sorrow and grief over the tragic incident, saying that every citizen was saddened by the loss of precious human lives. He termed the deaths of innocent children and the teacher an irreparable loss and assured that no compromise would be made on a transparent investigation.

Governor Kundi said an investigation team had been constituted to probe the incident and determine the facts. “Those found responsible will be dealt with according to the law,” he added.

He said the first priority would be to ascertain who issued the No Objection Certificate (NoC) to the school. “No compromise will be made over this unfortunate incident,” he maintained.

The Governor announced financial assistance of Rs1 million each for the families of those who lost their lives in the accident, while Rs200,000 each would be provided to the injured.

Earlier, the collective funeral prayer was attended by Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, Chairman Red Crescent Farzand Wazir, Arbab Zarak Khan, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Malik Tariq Awan, police officers, families of victims and a large number of area residents.

Governor Kundi reiterated that the investigation would be conducted in a transparent manner and responsibility would be fixed to prevent such incidents in future.