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Solar Panels Stolen From Afghan Refugee Camp In Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Second Such Incident In Past Week

IANSOct 13, 2019, 02:21 PM | Updated 02:21 PM IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Virendra Singh Gosain/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)


Solar panels were stolen from a school located in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, an official said, adding that it was the second theft incident within a week.

Shafiq Khan, the head teacher of the school established in Padhana Afghan refugee camp, told the police that the thieves last week decamped with three batteries and a converter used for supplying solar power, Dawn news reported on Sunday (13 October).

The police had hardly completed inquiry or recovered the stolen valuables the thieves removed five solar power plates from the same school on Friday night.

The teachers have demanded early arrest of the thieves and recovery of the stolen solar panels.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)

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