Month: May 2015

By Shehzad Khan: Mingora: Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaaf (PTI) in Swat district so far leading by securing 25 district government seats while Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) stood stand and grabbed 21 district seats in the Local Government (LG) polls held on Saturday 30 May. Like other parts of the Khyber Pkhtukhwah (KP), province the both independent and political part backed candidate run for 67 seats each for district and tehsil counsil in Swat district, in which the ruling party in KP province swept Swat district by winning 24 seat of district council. PML-N, the ruling party in the center managed...

By Shehzad: Mingora: A one day informative training session under the theme “Citizen’s Voice “ held here on Thursday in Mingora. The session was a joint venture of USAID in collaboration with Islampur Cottage Industries Association (ICIA) and was attended by civil society members and journalist at a local hotel in Mingora. The training session was aimed to educate people about the importance of vote and women participation in electoral process. Speaking on the occasion Fayaz Ullah, the project manager said, the women participation in Swat district was quite meager in the last general elections held in 2013, where the women...