Month: November 2015

Injectable inactivated polio vaccine introduced in Swat

Injectable inactivated polio vaccine introduced in Swat

Posted by | Nov 4, 2015 | |

MINGORA: The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) has introduced injectable inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) in Swat to strengthen the immunisation programme and accelerate polio eradication. “The introduction of IPV here is a part of the routine immunisation aimed at scaling up children’s immunity against polio,” Dr Tahir Nadeem, deputy project director EPI, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told mediapersons at an awareness session titled ‘building partnership – role of media in strengthening routine immunisation’ organized by EPI, KP, Uks Resource Center and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance on Tuesday. “IPV is an extremely safe vaccine whether used alone or in combination with other...

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Demolition of Jahanzeb College rejected

Demolition of Jahanzeb College rejected

Posted by | Nov 3, 2015 | , |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Civil society and cultural activists have reached a consensus about not allowing the demolition of the historical building of Government Post Graduate Jahanzeb College, Saidu Sharif, over cracks caused by the Oct 26 earthquake. They insist tremors caused repairable damage to the structure put up in 1951 during the Swat state times.   The building has not been used by the administration for classes since Oct 26. Currently, over 4,000 students are enrolled and 150 people employed in the college. The college with E-shaped building is the second oldest in the province after Islamia College....

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Swat College beats Buner College to clinch Badminton Championship

Swat College beats Buner College to clinch Badminton Championship

Posted by | Nov 2, 2015 | |

MINGORA: Government Degree College Mingora beat Government Degree College Dagar to clinch the Inter Board Colleges Badminton Championship on Monday. Witnessed by a huge crowd from Buner and Swat district the final match was tough competition which was won by Swat. President KP Badminton Association Zafar Ali Kaka distributed prizes and trophies among the...

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Swat mourns as Khan Lala passed away

Swat mourns as Khan Lala passed away

Posted by | Nov 2, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MATTA, SWAT: Afzal Khan Lala, veteran nationalist leader, who refused to leave Swat to Taliban in 2007 after surviving several attacks on his life, was laid to rest in his ancestral village Durushkhela here on Sunday. He died on Sunday morning in Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi of liver illness. He left behind three sons and three daughters. “I will die but will not leave the ground to militants,” he had said when his well-wishers and government requested him to shift to a safer place as militancy was on its peak in Swat at that time and...

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Cave Pindul: A mysterious adventure wading through water into the cave

Cave Pindul: A mysterious adventure wading through water into the cave

Posted by | Nov 1, 2015 | |

Fazal Khaliq  Cave Pindul: It was mysterious but sensational adventure to travel with icicle and hundreds of bats overhead, cool river water flowing down, and wading through narrow dark cave by tubing in a group while wearing lifebelt, life vest and headlamp with a professional guide. When I intended to visit Borobudur, a 9th-century Buddhist Temple in Central Java, Indonesia, I started surfing internet to find out some other tourists attraction in the region. Luckily, I caught a glimpse of a group of people tubing in a cave. Immediately, I noted down its address and details and decided to...

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