Day: November 28, 2023

By Correspondent Peshawar: U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Blome participated in a closing event of a five-year, $1.3 million U.S. Embassy-funded sustainable farming program today. The Alternative Livelihoods Options Project, which the FAO implemented with the assistance of the KP government, has helped 3,700 farmers, including over 600 women, increase their incomes by teaching them improved agricultural practices and increasing their access to new, alternative crops. The program’s “achievements are far-reaching,” said Ambassador Blome, noting that it “helped establish fruit orchards, vegetable gardens, greenhouses, and irrigation systems benefitting more than 25,000 people.” He also commended the 624 women leaders who...

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT:  The Swat Bar Association here on Tuesday announced a strike and boycott of courts on Wednesday against the arrest of PTI workers and lawyers for conducting a workers’ convention in Khwazakhela tehsil. According to a press release issued by the Swat Bar Association, a meeting was held under President Saeed Khan’s chairmanship. In the meeting, regret was expressed for the FIR against the lawyers and workers of PTI who participated in the Workers’ Convention of Tehreek-e-Insaf held in the residence of Ali Shah Khan Advocate. The bar association also criticized the inclusion of anti-terrorism sections...