Turkey revamps only school in Pakistani fishing village

KARACHI, Pakistan 

Some 1,200 schoolchildren returned to the only education facility on a remote island in Pakistan thanks to Turkey’s efforts. 

Pakistan’s naval chief Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi on Tuesday inaugurated the school on Baba Island off Karachi’s coast.

It was refurbished by the state-run Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and Navy League, an association of retired Pakistani Navy officers.

TIKA’s Karachi coordinator Ibrahim Katirci and Navy League President retired Cmd. Tajuddin Najmi also attended the ceremony.

Students sat in the brightly painted classrooms ready to start the new school day.

The island comprises a number of fishing

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