Month: March 2016

Pakistan receive security assurances from West Bengal government, police

Pakistan receive security assurances from West Bengal government, police

Posted by | Mar 11, 2016 | |

By www.espncricinfo.com The Pakistan government has received two letters, from the West Bengal state government and Kolkata’s police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, assuring special security measures for Pakistan’s men’s team while in Kolkata. These letters are likely to be evaluated by Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Khan, who will take the call on whether the men’s and women’s teams will travel to India for the tournament. CAB president Sourav Ganguly submitted the letters from Kumar and West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee to the ICC on Thursday afternoon. According to two senior CAB officials, the content in both letters, which were...

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Despite disability, Tahira supports her family, educates siblings

Despite disability, Tahira supports her family, educates siblings

Posted by | Mar 9, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA:  Unaware of Women’s Day being celebrated in luxury hotels with majority of women from upper class, across the country, Tahira, 21, was sewing a lady’s suit to earn that day food for her family. Disabled with one leg due to polio, Tahira works most of the time to support her old parents and five siblings. She feels pride in earning bread for her family and bearing education expenses of her younger brother and sister. This courageous young woman from Manglawar faced great hardships before learning the skills of sewing and stitching. Her father, who used...

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Crumbling castle of the last Hindu King, Raja Gira in Swat

Crumbling castle of the last Hindu King, Raja Gira in Swat

Posted by | Mar 6, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: The castle of Raja Gira, the last king of the Hindu Shahi period before the advent of Muslims in Swat, is crumbling down due to the government’s lack of interest and constant neglect. Perched on a rocky spur of a hillside overlooking the plains of Udigram village, the Raja Gira’s castle with its jutting towers and privileged position guaranteed total control of the city below as well as the entire valley. According to archaeologists, the principal occupational phases of the stronghold can be placed in a later period between the 7th and 10th century. The...

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Ignored by culture directorate, artists in Swat face problems

Ignored by culture directorate, artists in Swat face problems

Posted by | Mar 2, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Local singers, musicians and dancers have said that they are faced with social and financial problems but the culture department has neglected them. Living in Banr area of Mingora, hundreds of artists told this scribe that they quit to perform during the three years of militancy in Swat due to fear of death. “During militancy in the valley, we left our profession but we did not know other work so we faced financial issues. Some of our families migrated to Mardan and Peshawar while others went to Karachi,” said Umar Rahman, a local artist. He...

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