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Music has healing power, say teenage musicians in Swat

Music has healing power, say teenage musicians in Swat

Posted by | Aug 10, 2017 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Teenage students of a music band here in Swat have said that involvement in folk music keep them away from bad environment and crimes in the society. The folk music band consists of young students of grade seven to nine who belong to the same family in Shagia village. “When I was in grade seven I came across rabab players and listened their music which inspired me and I started learning it and learnt it completely in two years. Now, I can play everything from classical to modern songs. The more I play this instrument...

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Students learn practical uses of Maths and Science

Students learn practical uses of Maths and Science

Posted by | Aug 10, 2017 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Students of government schools said, they, for the first time, learnt the practical uses of mathematics and science, and developed observation to the subjects in the context of day to day life. They were sharing their views in the week-long summer camp under a theme ‘popular science’, launched by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department here in the government high schools in Swat. Mathematics and science experts are teaching students innovative approaches and ideas about every day science and mathematics. Students in the camp said they were much impressed by the practical ideas...

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Police Martyrs Day marked in Swat

Police Martyrs Day marked in Swat

Posted by | Aug 4, 2017 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Police and civil society members here on Thursday marked the police martyred day by paying tribute to the policemen martyred in line of duty. A function was organised in Fizagat area in Swat to mark police martyrs day wherein families of the fallen policemen were invited. DIG Akhtar Hayat presided over the function that was attended by DPO Mohammad Ijaz Khan, DC Swat Amir Afqaq, district nazim Mohammad Ali Shah, all the DSPs and local elders. “Swat police stood like rock against all kinds of evils, terrorists and anti-state elements and defeated them. The police...

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Art exhibition attracts visitors in Thana

Art exhibition attracts visitors in Thana

Posted by | May 18, 2017 | |

By Our Correspondent  THANA: In a bid to attract and raise awareness among the young generation towards all forms of art, local artists and culture activists organized a three-day art exhibition here at Thana. The exhibition titled “Jwand Aw Rang (Life and Colour) was organized by Hunarkor Pukhtunkhwa at the Government High School number one from April 28 to 30. Renowned artist, Rifat Khatak and Malakand BISE chairman Professor Shaukat Ali formally inaugurated the event. On the first day a workshop on art was organized to attract, encourage and train young students and raise awareness among them regarding visual...

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EU plays a part in supplying reliable electricity to Chitral

EU plays a part in supplying reliable electricity to Chitral

Posted by | May 18, 2017 | |

By Fazal Khaliq CHITRAL: Chitral town residents finally ended their longstanding wait for reliable electricity and saw their appliances run at normal speed when electricity started flowing from the two-megawatt micro hydro power station funded by the European Union. The micro hydro power station was built by SRSP under the EU-PEACE programme at Birmogh valley, some 27 kilometers away from Chitral town. European Union ambassador, Jean Francois Cautain along with KP Sports Minister Mehmood Khan and National Assembly member Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin inaugurated the power project on May 12, 2017 bringing smiles on the faces of the local people....

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