The Bacha Khan Trust is a non-profit organization based in Peshawar. It is named after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, also known as Bacha Khan.[1]
| Formation | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | Promotion of peace, nonviolence, and social justice |
| Headquarters | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Parent organization | Awami National Party |
| Website | bachakhantrust.org |
The Bacha Khan Trust aims to continue its mission of promoting peace, nonviolence, and social justice.[2][3][4]
History
editThe Bacha Khan Trust is an organization established in 2003 by the Awami National Party with the aim of promoting a pluralist, secular, and democratic Pakhtun society.[5] It operates under the Social Welfare Ordinance of 1961 and is registered in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, allowing it to function on both sides of the Durand Line.[5]
Funding
editThe Bacha Khan Trust is funded by the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and international organizations such as the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Open Society Institute, Children Global Network, the British Council, and the National Endowment for Democracy.[5]
Education
editThe organization operates several schools and colleges in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan as well as in Afghanistan.[6][7] It also provides vocational training to women and supports community development projects, such as constructing roads and water supply systems.[8][9] The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has leased non-functional and underutilized schools to the trust for its educational programs.[5]
The trust oversees the Bacha Khan Educational Foundation, which manages schools in Charsadda and Mathra, a suburb of Peshawar.[5]
Chairperson
editReferences
edit- ^ Newspaper, the (January 29, 2011). "Performance of Bacha Khan Trust reviewed". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Foundation stone of Bacha Khan Trust Complex laid in Charsadda". 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Bacha Khan Trust Education Foundation Landi Kotal, Khyber Ageny. - Educational Portal of Pakistan".
- ^ "ANP's President lays foundation stone of Bacha Khan Trust Complex".
- ^ a b c d e Candland, Christopher (2024). The Islamic Welfare State: Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–199. ISBN 9781009268417.
The Baacha Khan Trust "envisages the construction of critical discourse for a pluralist, secular, democratic Pakhtun society at peace with itself and the rest of the World." The Baacha Khan Educational Foundation works under the trust. The foundation runs a school in Charsadda and a school in Mathra, a neighborhood of Peshawar. The trust is registered under the Social Welfare Ordinance, 1961. The trust is registered in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan and works on both sides of the Durand Line. The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Open Society Institute, Children Global Network, the British Council, and the National Endowment for Democracy give financial assistance to the trust. The Elementary and Secondary Education Department of the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has agreed to lease "non-functional and underutilized schools" to the trust.
- ^ "Bacha Khan Trust to build school, college". DAWN.COM. April 11, 2017.
- ^ "Bacha Khan Trust to open schools in Afghanistan: Aimal". 21 January 2021.
- ^ "BKTEF Organizational Profile | BKTEF".
- ^ "Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF)".
- ^ "Nasim Wali quits Bacha Khan Trust". DAWN.COM. May 19, 2005.
- ^ "Aimal Wali opens work on Bacha Khan Trust Complex in Charsadda". DAWN.COM. January 24, 2023.