Month: October 2015

Re-test for secretary posts rejected in Swat

Re-test for secretary posts rejected in Swat

Posted by | Oct 13, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Hundreds of candidates, who have already appeared in the NTS test for the posts of secretaries in local government, held a protest demonstration on Monday against the decision of provincial government to reappear in the test. Holding placards and chanting slogans against the provincial government, the candidates from different areas of the district marched towards Swat Press Club. The protesters said that they appeared in the NTS test for the post of secretary in village or neighbourhood councils which was held in Peshawar in July last but recently the government cancelled the test after public...

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Absence of staff at Saidu hospital protested

Absence of staff at Saidu hospital protested

Posted by | Oct 13, 2015 | |

MINGORA: Scores of relatives of patients staged protest on Monday against absence of doctors and medical staff at Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH). They staged the protest after the death of a six-month-old child, who was admitted to the children ward of the hospital. They alleged that the child died due to negligence of doctors. “When my child’s condition worsened I ran here and there in search of doctors but failed to find any doctor and my child expired,” said Mohammad Khan, the father of the child. He said that the hospital remained crowded with trainees and students of Saidu...

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Visionary rulers lifted former Swat state, peaceful & prosperous, say speakers

Visionary rulers lifted former Swat state, peaceful & prosperous, say speakers

Posted by | Oct 12, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Speakers at a function here on Sunday paid glowing tribute to the late rulers of former princely state Swat, saying Swat was one of the developed and peaceful states as it was ruled by visionary people before 1969. People from different walks of life belonging to Swat, Shangla and Buner districts assembled at the historical Wadudia Hall in Saidu Sharif to pay tribute to the late rulers of the former princely state. Miangul Shehryar Amirzeb, the grandson of Wali-i-Swat, the last ruler of the state, in his speech said that the sole reason of the...

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Kisan Mela 2015 concludes in Swat

Kisan Mela 2015 concludes in Swat

Posted by | Oct 9, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Large number of people from all walks of life flocked to the two day divisional Kisan Mela 2015 on the concluding day here on Thursday. People took keen interest in stalls displayed by the farmers from the seven districts in the Malakand division exhibiting variety of fruits and vegetables and cereal crops, honey and dry fruits produced in their areas. The main objectives of the Kisan Mela were to create a sense of competition among the farmers to grow more and teach them how to increase their income. “To create awareness and develop linkages between...

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Students to protest against missing teachers, books in Kalam

Students to protest against missing teachers, books in Kalam

Posted by | Oct 8, 2015 | |

KALAM: Students of the government boys higher secondary school, Kalam, on Wednesday warned to stage protest demonstrations against the unavailability of course books and science teachers in their school. Setting a three-day deadline the students said if the education department didn’t make available the required teachers and books they would block the Mingora-Kalam road and observe a sit-in till the fulfillment of their demands. Talking to reporters in Kalam, they said 2015 was coming to an end but they had not been provided their course books. They said no science teacher was available in the school and thus they...

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