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291 schools damaged by the Oct 26 earthquake in Swat

291 schools damaged by the Oct 26 earthquake in Swat

Posted by | Dec 23, 2015 | |

MINGORA: The Oct 26 earthquake completely destroyed 37 schools and damaged 254 others in Swat district, according to a report released by Alif Ailan. The initial survey report of the damages to education sector by the earthquake was presented at an all-party conference here on Tuesday. Alif Ailan representative and education activist, Dr Jawad Iqbal, said a total of 291 schools, 140 girls and 151 boys, were damaged in the earthquake. He added 37 schools were completely destroyed, saying Babuzai and Baharain tehsils were worst affected as 83 and 67 schools, respectively, were damaged there. He called for allocation...

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19 injured as gas cylinder explodes in Saidu hospital

19 injured as gas cylinder explodes in Saidu hospital

Posted by | Dec 23, 2015 | |

MINGORA: Nineteen people were injured in a gas cylinder blast at the Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital here on Tuesday. Hospital sources said the incident took place at the children ward. They added that an oxygen cylinder exploded early morning leaving 19 people, including eight women and seven children, injured. The victims mostly suffered burn injuries and were immediately shifted to the emergency unit where they were declared out of danger after treatment. Windowpanes of the children ward, doors and other valuables were damaged in the...

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Patients face multifold problems in STH

Patients face multifold problems in STH

Posted by | Dec 20, 2015 | |

By Shahzad Naveed MINGORA: Patients and attendants at Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital here on Saturday complained of lack of facilities and unavailability of medicines . They heaped pile of complaints against the medical staff and administration along lacking of basic facilities in a survey conducted by this scribe. The attendants of the patients said that they were not provided with ordinary medicines in the hospital and had to bought from outside. They said that the emergency and out-door patients were also suffering due to lack of facilities. “It is hard to find ECG, ultrasound and X-Ray facilities,” they complained...

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Special Combat Unit highly prepared to combat terrorism: Tariq Javed

Special Combat Unit highly prepared to combat terrorism: Tariq Javed

Posted by | Dec 20, 2015 | |

BY Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The special combat unit of the police on Saturday conducted a capacity building exercise for the personnel on countering terrorists in the hilly areas. The exercise was held in the Marghuzar hills. Additional Inspector General, Tariq Javed, who monitored the exercise, later told Morning Post that KP police especially focused on training of personnel for combating terrorists hiding in hilly areas. He said the provincial IGP had raised a special combat unit of the police which had received elite training from police and SSG training from Pak Army and Navy. He said after getting extensive...

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Marghuzar stream narrowed down by land mafia

Marghuzar stream narrowed down by land mafia

Posted by | Dec 16, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: The land grabbers are constructing illegal structures along streams and rivers in Swat without any check by the district administration, local people allege. They said that encroachments on the banks of the Swat River, Marghuzar stream and Jambil stream would pose threat of floods not only to the nearby areas but also to the people living down the river in rainy seasons. “The Swat River and every stream in the district was clearly demarcated by the Swat state rulers and no one could dare to even put stones or debris at the demarcated lands let...

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