Month: March 2020

Psychologists request to avoid stigmatising Coronavirus patients

Psychologists request to avoid stigmatising Coronavirus patients

Posted by | Mar 31, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA:  As the novel Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic is on the rise with different myths and views spreading for preventive measures against the disease, people in Swat developed psychological problems in confusing situation. People who are more affected by the situation are daily wage earners and poor community as they have less resources to protect themselves and high tension of arranging food and other necessities for their families. “I cannot sleep in the night since the lockdown has been imposed in Mingora due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic and I am sitting at home without having a...

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Social Responses: Coronavirus Covid-19 in Pashto Tappa

Social Responses: Coronavirus Covid-19 in Pashto Tappa

Posted by | Mar 25, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq While majority of the world and sensible nations are taking preventive steps against spread of the Coronavirus Covid-19 by imposing lockdown, In Pakistan some non-serious and insensible faction of society is busy making fun of the outbreak. History shows that people react in different ways during epidemic trajectories. Panic, most often, is an inevitable social response while dealing with epidemics1.Various new theories, doubts, blames, fun-making anecdotes, religious retorts, political assumptions and many other behavioural responses surface in the time of epidemics outbreaks. A social response is defined as a behavioural or emotional manifestation of concern about...

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Coronavirus: District administration bans tourists entry into Swat

Coronavirus: District administration bans tourists entry into Swat

Posted by | Mar 18, 2020 | |

MINGORA: DC Swat Saqib Raza Aslam here on Wednesday banned the entry of tourists into Swat and said that all tourists spots, hotels in district Swat would be vacated immediately and all hotels would remain closed till further orders. In a press release issued from his office he  said that entry of general public to all the district offices, except district administration, was stopped while all private ceremonies in homes, closed compounds would also be banned. Grocery, medicine and essential items shops would remain open 24/7, however, all other shops would remain open from 10AM to 7PM only. He also...

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Bandai villagers want primary schools upgraded

Bandai villagers want primary schools upgraded

Posted by | Mar 13, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The residents of Bandai village in Khwaza Khela tehsil have demanded of the government to upgrade primary schools to middle level for both girls and boys in the area. They said that the students, who passed primary school, faced difficulties to walk about four kilometres to reach the nearest middle school. They said that most of the residents of Bandai were poor and could not afford to arrange transport service for their children to reach school. “There are more than 1,100 households in our village. About 800 households are very poor. They cannot afford to...

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Patients show concern over filthy toilets in STH

Patients show concern over filthy toilets in STH

Posted by | Mar 11, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The patients and their attendants have complained about the poor condition of cleanliness in Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital. “This is the biggest hospital in Malakand division but patients face problems owing to poor condition of cleanliness,” said Ikram Khan, who was with his brother in the hospital. “Patients are brought to the hospital to be treated where hygiene must be the top priority but everything is upside down here as hygienic condition is the worst. It seems that there is no sweeper in the hospital because nobody cleans the toilets,” said a patient in the...

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