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Civil Society members demand rehabilitation of historical Jahanzeb College

Civil Society members demand rehabilitation of historical Jahanzeb College

Posted by | Oct 20, 2016 | , |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The members of civil society organisations and culture activists have demanded of the provincial government to start rehabilitation of Government Post Graduate Jahanzeb College as promised by chief minister last year. The demand was made in a meeting, held here on Wednesday on rehabilitation and protection of the historical college, constructed by last ruler of former princely Swat state Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb in 1952-53. On December 22, 2015, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in a meeting with the elders of Swat had promised to rehabilitate and preserve the historical building of Jahanzeb College, which developed...

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Teenager arrested by police in rubbery case

Teenager arrested by police in rubbery case

Posted by | Oct 19, 2016 | |

SHEHZAD KHAN MINGORA: Swat police have claimed to arrest a teenager and recovered stolen items worth millions of rupees from him. According to Said Sharif police-station, the police formed a special team to investigate a case of rubbery in which unknown rubber looted a house and took away with them both foreign and local currencies worth rupees million, gold and some other important documents from the house. Assistant Sub Inspector Sher Alam Khan was assigned the task of leading the team who following a tip off apprehended Shahzaeb Khan, a thirteen year-old boy who later confessed to the rubbery....

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Golden era of former Swat State recalled

Golden era of former Swat State recalled

Posted by | Oct 17, 2016 | , |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Speakers at a seminar in Saidu Sharif urged the local elders to educate young generation about the former princely state of Swat. “It was a social welfare state,” they told the seminar. The seminar was held to pay homage to first ruler of Swat Miangul Abdul Wadood alias Badshah Sahib and last ruler Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb. Swat was merged into Pakistan in 1969. Miangul Sheharyar Amirzeb, the grandson of the last ruler of Swat, said on the occasion that former princely state had focused on education, health and communication sectors to benefit people. He...

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Feminist perspective in law and in our society

Feminist perspective in law and in our society

Posted by | Oct 16, 2016 | |

By Gulranga Ali Despite half part of a society women, till early 21st century, were still considered as men’s property. This was ideology of famous jurists like John Locke and Austin and they never accepted woman as a human being, equal to men, even in the developed and civilized Europe. Though, after Second World War United Nation entitled all human beings with equal rights through United Nation Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) but still lack of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was felt which was adopted after 31 years of UNDHR by...

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Veteran Swat comedian Selai passes away

Veteran Swat comedian Selai passes away

Posted by | Sep 30, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Renowned comedian Fazl Rehman alias Selai died of cardiac arrest here on Thursday. He was in his late fifties. The sudden death of the popular artist sent a wave of grief across Swat and a large number of people gathered at his residence in Kanju village soon after hearing the sad news. Fazl Rehman suffered heart attack on Thursday morning. He was rushed to hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. He was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Kanju. The deceased comedian was popular among people for his natural style. He often used...

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