Month: October 2015

GOC Malakand appreciates Hadiqa Bashir for her efforts on child marriages

GOC Malakand appreciates Hadiqa Bashir for her efforts on child marriages

Posted by | Oct 22, 2015 | |

MINGORA: Malakand Division General Officer Commanding (GOC) Major General Nadir Khan has asked the receiver of Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award to carry on her mission of working against child marriages. Hadiqa Bashir, the young girl from Swat who has been fighting for girls rights met GOC Malakand at his office in Mingora on Wednesday. While appreciating her efforts for girls’ rights GOC Mag General Nadir Khan congratulated her for winning the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award in September this year. “Her efforts will help raise awareness regarding child marriages in the region which will ultimately lead the girls towards education,”...

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Awareness seminar, walk held against corruption

Awareness seminar, walk held against corruption

Posted by | Oct 20, 2015 | |

MINGORA: Officials from district administration, education department, teachers, students, lawmakers and civil society activists staged a walk and organised a seminar on Monday to raise awareness against corruption. The event was organised by SRSP and European Union in collaboration with  the district administration. The speakers at the seminar said corruption had weakened the country’s foundations and there was an immediate need to eradicate it from the society for development. “Every member of the society should play role in curbing corruption,” Zulfiqar ul Mulk, deputy district education officer, said. The speakers said discussions on corruption were laudable because when people...

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People in Swat-Kohistan demand schools for their children

People in Swat-Kohistan demand schools for their children

Posted by | Oct 19, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Hundreds of people of Swat Kohsitan unanimously demanded of the government to establish schools and colleges in the constantly ignored and highly marginalized area, in a grand Quami Jirga held at Bahrain on Sunday. They threatened to take to streets if government failed to accept their demand about establishment of schools and colleges in Swat Kohitan. MNA Saleemur Rehman, MPA Syed Jaffar Shah, District Nazim Mohammad Ali Shah, tehsil nazim, political workers, social activists, civil society members, elders and youth participated in the jjrga organised by Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT) and Alif Ailan in Bahrain...

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Police operation against minor bike riders accelerated in Swat

Police operation against minor bike riders accelerated in Swat

Posted by | Oct 17, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Swat police accelerated its campaign against underage bikers after general public appreciated the move asking police to continue the operation until no teenage biker appear on the roads. In wake of increasing causalities of the underage bikers Swat police have launched operation against the minor drivers and bikers. Police have also imposed wearing of helmets on adult riders to minimize the death causalities. District Swat Police Officer Saleem Marwat said that police found underage bikers increased day by day who violated traffic rulers and also observed one-wheeling. “So we have launched the operation against the...

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Our health in our hands: Global Handwashing day marked in Buner

Our health in our hands: Global Handwashing day marked in Buner

Posted by | Oct 16, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  Buner: Children and elders vowed to properly wash their hands and make it habit on the Global handwashing day here on Thursday. School children practically demonstrated cleanliness activities to motivate communities about the importance of hand-washing in a ceremony organized by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and SRSP held in Government Primary School Pir Abai in District Buner. Children also performed skits to increase awareness and understanding about cleanliness and its importance for human health. “The October 15 is the day to remind us the importance of cleanliness but it does not mean that we exercise...

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