Exams postponed

Published April 16, 2007

KOHAT, April 15: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Kohat, has postponed the examinations of class X until restoration of peace in the Kurram Agency.

In a notification, the board chairman said the examinations scheduled to start from April 17 had been postponed due to curfew and unrest in the Kurram Agency.

The new date for the examinations would be fixed after consultation with authorities in the Kurram, Orakzai, Thall, Hangu, Darra Adamkhel agencies and Kohat.

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