07-31-2008, 06:08 AM
Pakistani authorities have launched an emotional advertisement campaign to persuade the local Taliban to end their campaign of bombing and burning girls' schools in the troubled northwestern Swat valley.
The advertisement, published in several Urdu-language newspapers, features the picture of a weeping girl who is dejected at being deprived of the basic right to education. The girl also prays for the reformation of militants bent on opposing the education of females in Swat.
"Oh God, attaining education is my basic right, but some extremists in violation of thy orders and religious teachings have become enemies of girls' education. To them, girls have no need to get education. They are bent upon snatching our basic right from us," reads the advertisement issued by the North West Frontier Province government.
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The advertisement, published in several Urdu-language newspapers, features the picture of a weeping girl who is dejected at being deprived of the basic right to education. The girl also prays for the reformation of militants bent on opposing the education of females in Swat.
"Oh God, attaining education is my basic right, but some extremists in violation of thy orders and religious teachings have become enemies of girls' education. To them, girls have no need to get education. They are bent upon snatching our basic right from us," reads the advertisement issued by the North West Frontier Province government.
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