Month: May 2016

Global warming, a threat to environment

Global warming, a threat to environment

Posted by | May 17, 2016 | |

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

Saidu Sharif Stupa echoed with prayers

Posted by | May 17, 2016 | , |

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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Sindh’s Abdul Bari clinches Mr Pakistan title in Swat

Sindh’s Abdul Bari clinches Mr Pakistan title in Swat

Posted by | May 16, 2016 | |

MINGORA:  Abdul Bari Khan of Sindh and Shahzim Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa clinched the titles of Mr Pakistan and Junior Mr Pakistan in the National Bodybuilding contests held here on Sunday. The 64th Mr Pakistan bodybuilding contests held here in Swat on Sunday in which over 90 musclemen from across the country took part. The mega event of the bodybuilding contests held for the first time in history in the scenic Swat valley organized by Pakistan Bodybuilding Federation and Directorate General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, witnessed by large number of spectators. Mr Pakistan Abdul Bari Khan told Dawn that he...

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Police arrest the key informer and evidence provider in the child abuse case

Police arrest the key informer and evidence provider in the child abuse case

Posted by | May 11, 2016 | |

By Shehzad khan Mingora: Police harassed a man for revealing secret information to the media, about the pedophilia ring, that helped police nabbed the key accused in the gang. Sherin Zada, the man who provided evidences against the child abuse group in Swat, rushed to the nearby police station to  provide the police with evidence about the wide scale child abuse cases. The police with the help of the evidences supported by audios and videos reached to the leader of the child abuse gang identified as Aurangzeb and arrested him. The police also recovered two boys from his custody...

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World Day of Thalassaemia marked in Swat

World Day of Thalassaemia marked in Swat

Posted by | May 9, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Speakers at a seminar on Sunday called for creating awareness among communities about thalassaemia. They were speaking at a function titled ‘access to safe and effective drugs in thalassaemia’ organised by SRSP and district administration at Saidu Sharif. Thalassaemia patients, parents, district administration and army officials, youth and members of local support organisations attended the event. On the occasion, Swat Medical College Principal and Chief Executive of the Saidu Group of Hospitals Dr Taj Mohammad Khan said prevention was better than cure, asking parents to get their ailing children treated before their marriage to avoid...

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