Month: June 2016

Damazey waterfall flocked with heat-hit people

Damazey waterfall flocked with heat-hit people

Posted by | Jun 30, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Hit by scorching heat and prolonged power outages, the residents of surrounding villages turn to Damazey waterfall at Shera Trup area here which gives them a cool respite. Damazey – literally means a resting spot – is located about 17km off Mingora city at the mountains of Shera Trup village in Salampur union council. “It is actually a resting spot for the villagers of Shera Trup who climb up from the main Marghuzar road. “However, it became famous when local tourists saw it and talked about it in their circles,” said Abdullah, a resident of...

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Layers of Indo-Greek city discovered in Bazira, Swat

Layers of Indo-Greek city discovered in Bazira, Swat

Posted by | Jun 27, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Archaeologists in their fresh excavations here at Bazira, Barikot, have discovered large layers of the Indo-Greek city with weapons and coins as well as important pottery forms imported from Greek Bactria and from the Mediterranean area in second century BCE. Dr Luca Maria Olivieri, head of the Italian Archeological Mission in Pakistan, told this scribe that during their recent excavation in April-June his team unearthed some very important discoveries in Bazira, Swat. The team was formed by Italian and Pakistani archaeologists, including Elisa Iori of Bologna University, Cristiano Moscatelli of Naples University and Amanullah Afridi...

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Fire reduces govt high school to ashes in Swat

Fire reduces govt high school to ashes in Swat

Posted by | Jun 26, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: A devastating blaze caused by electricity short-circuit gutted Government Boys High School, Toha, in Charbagh tehsil, late on Friday night. According to police, the fire erupted at 11pm and reduced everything in the 12-room high school to ashes. “When we learnt about the incident we reached the spot immediately. The local people were busy putting out the blaze,” Mohammad Ayaz, SHO at Charbagh police station, said, adding the fire seemed to be sparked off by an electric short-circuit. He said police registered case and started investigations. Toha is a remote hilly area located about 30...

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Open manholes at Nishat Chowk pose threat to public

Open manholes at Nishat Chowk pose threat to public

Posted by | Jun 24, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: The local shopkeepers and commuters have demanded of the tehsil municipal administration to take notice of the uncovered manholes at Mingora Bazaar as these are posing threat to people. “Nishat Chowk is the busiest square of Mingora as it connects half of Swat with Saidu Sharif but the district administration is asleep and cannot see the two open manholes which have already caused several accidents,” said Abdullah, a vendor. The drivers also complained about the open manholes in the middle of the road at Nishat Chowk and said that sometimes bricks and stones were placed to...

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Five killed in separate incidents in Swat

Five killed in separate incidents in Swat

Posted by | Jun 24, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Five people were killed in separate incidents in Swat on Thursday. Police said that two people were killed and two others sustained injuries when two groups clashed over drinking water in Kohistan Gut area of Saidu Sharif. They said Syed Mahmood Jan from one group and Naeemullah from the other group were killed when they opened firing on each other. Hidayatullah and Anwar Jan received injuries in the firing. In another incident, Jaffar, a resident of Madyan, was injured when gunmen opened firing on him. He was rushed him to Saidu Teaching Hospital where he...

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