Children study under open skies as quake rocks education in Pakistan

Children study under open skies as quake rocks education in Pakistan Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 24, 2015 - Ishtiaq Khalid is having a snow day, forced to stay home from his school in the Pakistani district of Shangla due to inclement weather - but unlike most 12-year-olds, he is not happy about it. Last month a powerful earthquake destroyed 200 schools and damaged hundreds more in Pakistan's northwest, including Ishtiaq's, leaving thousands of shivering children to study without shelter under wi ... more

---