What happened: In Peshawar, Pakistan’s first public school for Sikhs is reaching its completion, with “90 percent construction work” almost done. Work on the project began over two years ago, after a plot of land in the Jogan Shah Mohalla in the ancient city was purchased. Previously: 300 teenagers from the Sikh community used to attend a Dabgri-based NGO-run school. After the landlords urged the administration to evacuate, the school that was operating in a rented house had to be shut down. However, in response to Sikh community demands for a new school, Atif Khan, the former provincial education minister and current food minister, launched the first government school for the Sikh community. Details: A woman from outside Pakistan donated Rs20 million, which was used to buy eight marlas of land for the community. The government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa began building after purchasing the land. Rajveer Singh told The Express Tribune that his family relocated to Peshawar because of the law and order situation in Khyber’s tribal district. “From kindergarten through fifth grade, I attended a school in a rented building,” he recalled, adding that while the school’s educational standards were high, it was congested. About the school: The school will be home to 15 classrooms in which about 500 students from kindergarten through middle school will be able to attend. Another Sikh-Pakistani, Gurpal Singh went on to say that children from any minority group, including Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians, will be permitted to get admission in the school.