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Government Girls College Swat damaged in quake

Posted by admin | Oct 29, 2015 | Stories |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The devastating earthquake that hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday 26 October has caused damages to the building of the lone Government Girls Post Graduate College where majority of the portions are risky to be used. Girls and faculty staff on Wednesday spent the entire day in the college lawn as they feared to enter rooms and take classes. Over 1600 girl students study in the college. “We did not attend any class today as there are big cracks everywhere in the building caused by earthquake so we preferred to stay away from the classrooms as...

7.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Swat valley

Posted by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Stories |

MINGORA: Children, women and men, terror-stricken, began fleeing here and there when a powerful earthquake hit Swat valley on Monday. As many as 25 people died and over 200 were injured in the 7.5 magnitude earthquake. Emergency was imposed in all the government and private hospitals where injured were rushed to the hospitals. “I felt the earth heave beneath my feet, it was the most powerful earthquake I have ever felt,” said Hajra Bibi, an aged woman from Charbagh, dazed and shaken from the experience. Hajra Bibi was injured in the earthquake, and was admitted in a hospital along...

Children say no to Rescue 1122 building on park site

Posted by admin | Oct 26, 2015 | Stories |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Children, youth and civil society activists on Sunday warned of self-immolation against the provincial government’s decision to construct a Rescue 1122 office on a recreational site in Saidu Sharif. They were protesting in front of the Small Park located in the College Colony here, holding banners inscribed with appeals to Reham Khan, spouse of PTI chief Imran Khan, and official ambassador for street children in KP, to help reverse the decision. The former Swat state’s royal family member and PML-N leader, Shehryar Amirzeb, who was also present on the occasion, said the children needed more...

Southern Brazil still in grips of hailstorms

Posted by admin | Oct 25, 2015 | Stories, World |

By Samantha Hënnzell São Paulo: The climate in Brazil has five different standards, being equatorial, semi-arid, subtropical, temperate and tropical. This difference can influence the masses of air and changing temperatures. The rainfall causes regional differences in climate, ultimately leads to natural disasters. In the southern hemisphere spring starts on September 21 and ends on December 21. During the season, there is an increase rainfall level in much of the south of the country, mainly in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul; the southern and southeastern which are the hardest hit points. In October 2015...

Let us eat Swat trout fish

Posted by admin | Oct 22, 2015 | Swat |

MINGORA: Apart from scenic beauty and rich cultural heritage, Swat valley offers another feast to the tourists — the trout fish of the Swat River. The valley known as the Switzerland of Asia has great attraction for the tourists, who enjoy the cool breeze, thick forests, high peak mountains, gushing water, lakes and waterfall in the summer season. The view of snowcapped mountains in Swat and winter sports are other attractions for the tourists. However, for food lovers, the valley has more to offer as the delicious trout fish attracts tourists in droves. Tourists throng Chail Madyan as it...

Month: October 2015

Government Girls College Swat damaged in quake

7.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Swat valley

Children say no to Rescue 1122 building on park site

Southern Brazil still in grips of hailstorms

Let us eat Swat trout fish