Day: May 17, 2016

Global warming, a threat to environment

By Shakeel Khan MINGORA:  With its unprecedented effects on the earth,  global warming is emerging one of the biggest environmental issues in the last two decades, say environmental scientists. Global warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere, generally, attributed to the greenhouse effect, caused by increased levels of CO2, CFCs and other pollutants. It has emerged as one of the biggest environmental issues in the last two decades. Global warming, climate change, extinction of wildlife and plant species, depletion of ozone layer, droughts, wild fires, melting of polar ice caps, storms  and increase...

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Saidu Sharif Stupa echoed with prayers

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: The Saidu Sharif monastery echoed with prayers after nine years on Monday as Bhutanese monks worshiped there. At least 13 top monks of Bhutan visited Buddhist holy places in Swat valley. The visitors visited Buddhist archaeological sites and worshiped in ancient monasteries of Butkara and Saidu Sharif. They expressed excitement at seeing the oldest Buddhist shrines and offered prayers and circumambulated around the Saidu Sharif stupa. The monks said they were much impressed to see the oldest monasteries and stupas in very good condition. “We are really excited to come here. Swat is a sacred...

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