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Swati journalists honoured with awards

Swati journalists honoured with awards

Posted by | Mar 29, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Around 12 journalists of Swat valley were honored with awards for their best news stories on different topics here on Sunday evening. The First Excellence in Journalism Awards, 2016 were given to the winners in a grand ceremony organized by Swatnews, Gamoona soceity in collaboration with the journalism and mass communication department of Swat University and SRSP EU-PEACE project. “The awards were given to recognize the work of journalists of Swat, promoting quality reporting and ethical journalism in 12 categories including the best story on climate change, culture, education, health, history, tourism, investigative story, best...

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Father seeks justice over daughter’s murder

Father seeks justice over daughter’s murder

Posted by | Mar 26, 2016 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  SHANGLA: Father of a teenage girl, who was allegedly killed by her husband, has appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan and the prime minister to order police to register FIR in the case. He was speaking to reporters in Saidu Sharif here on Friday. According to them, their daughter, Shazma, 16, who was married to her cousin, Amjad Khan, in Koz Pow area of Puran tehsil, was found dead after six months of her marriage. Karim Jan, father of the slain woman, said she lived a miserable life after the marriage as her husband used...

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Photo exhibition attracts all walks of life in Swat

Photo exhibition attracts all walks of life in Swat

Posted by | Mar 23, 2016 | |

Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Photo exhibition, highlighting the culture heritage of Khbyer Pakhtunkhwa attracted large number of students and civil society members here on Tuesday. The two-day photo exhibition titled “Culture and People of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” was organized by KP directorate of culture under the RICH project aiming revival of the indigenous culture heritage in KP. The exhibition was featuring Tahir Saleem’s photography highlighting the day to day life in the KP. “As we see our young generation is more on the cell phones giving much time to the social media and the fast prevailing western culture which ultimately pushing...

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Hotter, drier, wetter: How to face the future

Hotter, drier, wetter: How to face the future

Posted by | Mar 22, 2016 | |

By Arun B Shrestha Climate change is not just a future scenario for scientific discourse. It is already happening and will continue to happen as more heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHG) and short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) accumulate in the atmosphere. There is strong evidence that the Earth is already 1°C hotter than at the start of the 20th Century. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development identifies climate change as one of the greatest challenges of our time, and its impacts will undermine the ability of all countries to achieve sustainable development. Sustainable Development Goal 13 is to “take urgent action...

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