This is the second bold initiative by KPK govt after horrific schoool children incident though i’m sure it must be in pipleine before. Earlier they trained the teachers to get armed training, something which i dont agree with.
But this one is right on money.
Pakistan’s first explosive-handling school opens in K-PBy Web Desk
Published: February 9, 2015
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****NOWSHERA: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has established the country’s first explosive-handling school to train bomb disposal squads (BDS), Express News reported.
K-P Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak inaugurated the school. K-P IG Nasir Durrani gave the chief minister a tour of the facility, while BDS personnel performed a demonstration of finding explosive material buried underground.
Addressing the media on the occasion, IG Nasir Durrani said that BDS personnel will be trained to international standards at the facility, adding that in the first phase, a 500-man unit will acquire expertise in finding explosive material hidden underground and in various objects.