PESHAWAR - The militancy-affected students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture University have expressed their grave concern over failure of the university administration to exempt them from payment of tuition fees, despite the extension of financial assistance by a US donor-agency. 
The US-Aid, a donor agency, some three years back had extended financial support to public sector universities in KP to exempt tuition fees to its students, whose families were displaced in wake of military offensive in 2009, Waqas Ali President, Democratic Students Federation (DSF), KP Agriculture University Peshawar, said while speaking at a news conference here at Peshawar Press Club on Monday. He said that a large number of families were displaced due to militancy and military action and had confronted financial constrains to keep continue their studies.
The federal and provincial governments announced the exemption of tuition fees to militancy-affected students studying in different public sector universities in the province, he informed.
Flanked by Amir Khan from Swat, Wahab Gul Afridi from Dir, and Niamatullah of Kurran Agency, he said that a US Agency for International Development (US-Aid) had extended financial assistance for the internally displaced students through Higher Education Commission (HEC). According to which, he informed the militancy-affected students studying at public sector universities in the province were completely exempted from tuition fees and other academic expenses.
However, he said the administration of the KP Agriculture University failed to extend the facility, despite the lapse of three long years. Mr Ali further said that the administration were registered more than 2,674 students affected in the wave of terror, for which a huge amount of about Rs 79 million funds were estimated. Of which Rs11million were distributed among the Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) students of Swat. But the militancy-affected student’s belongs to Bajaur, Mohmand, Kurram and Buner agencies were not provided with the facility yet.
The university administration, he criticised, was least bothered to pay attention toward the issue, though they had written a letter to the provincial government via an elected representative, and also take up the issue with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor, but to no avail.
He maintained that they were started efforts by own to get their legitimate right by evolving members of civil society organizations to take the issue with the government and authorities concerned.
He warned to move the apex court to get their legitimate right, if the government was failed to address the issue through peaceful way.
Meanwhile, several notables of Zangikhel village on Monday announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf with an aim to strengthen the party in the backward district and work under the leadership of Imran Khan to make Pakistan prosperous.
A former councillor Malik Abdul Rauf, Asmatullah and Sarfraz along with their supporters made announcements at a public meeting, which was addressed by PTI central executive council member Khan Bahadar, Hakim Asghar, Raees Khan and Muhammad Javed Anwar.
The PTI leaders alleged that local Khans and traditional politicians were responsible for the backwardness of Lakki district. They said that Khans cum political elite always deceived people and grabbed their votes by making false promises.
They said the youths should bring a real face of traditional politicians before people so that they (people) could not deceived in coming elections. They called upon the people to augment Imran Khan’ efforts of bring a change and building a new Pakistan by supporting PTI candidates in next polls.