Mustang district is located in the north western part of Baluchistan and prior to 1991, it was a part of Kalat District - situated between Quetta and Kalat at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,800 meters). It has a population of 180,349 people as of 2005.. The valley of Mustang is famous for its irrigated crops of potatoes, onions, tobacco, spices, melons, vegetables, almonds, apricots, peaches, plums, grapes and apples.
According to the BBC report, roads and education system has improved a lot over the past few years, now there is a girl’s high school there. The principal said that their main problem is 'non availability' of transport for girls. They only have one school bus that makes 3 trips to pick students from all the different areas & in winters the girls get back home by sunset. Parents cannot afford to hire private transport and hence, girls just cannot attend school. However, the students who are lucky to join this school are excited about it and were keenly learning the basics of how to use a computer besides other subjects - when asked if any of them have a computer at home, the answer was in negative. It was indeed great to hear that at least they get a chance to work with and know about computers at school.
I really wish and hope that we have a Chief Minister, Prime Minister or President from every town in Pakistan for a while - because this is the only way to develop these cities (constituencies), having have proper schools and basic amnesties of life otherwise...education, healthcare, sanitation will remain a distant cry for most of the Pakistanis
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