UPPER DIR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has claimed that most of the schools destroyed during militancy in Malakand division have beenreconstructed.

Taimur Ali, media coordinator of PDMA-PaRRSA, told this correspondent on Tuesday that around 182 schools were targeted in Malakand division by extremists between 2008 and 2011 in which 179 schools had beenreconstructed.

He said that 108 schools were completed with the USAID assistance, 47 with the UAE assistance, 12 schools by the Chief Minister`s Special Fund and 12 others were rebuilt by various NGOs in the militancyhit Malakand division.

He said that construction work was underway on remaining 15 schools in Upper Dir and 45 schools in other districts of the region.

According to a data received from PDMA office in Peshawar, a total of 20 schools were targeted in Upper Dir district.

The schools which were torched or bombed in the district included Bibyawar middle school for girls, girls high school Wari, girls high school Ganori, girls primary school (GPS) Nirgah, GPS Cheragali, GPS Chapar, GPS Kunal, GHS Janbati, GPS Tangisar and others. Correspondent