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Cave Pindul: A mysterious adventure wading through water into the cave

Cave Pindul: A mysterious adventure wading through water into the cave

Posted by | Nov 1, 2015 | |

Fazal Khaliq  Cave Pindul: It was mysterious but sensational adventure to travel with icicle and hundreds of bats overhead, cool river water flowing down, and wading through narrow dark cave by tubing in a group while wearing lifebelt, life vest and headlamp with a professional guide. When I intended to visit Borobudur, a 9th-century Buddhist Temple in Central Java, Indonesia, I started surfing internet to find out some other tourists attraction in the region. Luckily, I caught a glimpse of a group of people tubing in a cave. Immediately, I noted down its address and details and decided to...

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Earthquake affectees demand for justified compensation

Earthquake affectees demand for justified compensation

Posted by | Nov 1, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: The Malakand people, whose houses were destroyed in the Oct 26 earthquake, have rejected the Rs0.2 million compensation and demanded that the government increase it in proportion to their losses. “My six-room house was completely pulled down by the earthquake but the government has announced Rs200,000 only for me. This amount is so meagre that only one room can be rebuilt with it,” Zafar Ali, a resident of Bakht Riwan Mohallah in Kabal, said. He said besides house, he’d also lost all household articles and therefore, the amount of compensation was too little for his...

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Government Girls College Swat damaged in quake

Government Girls College Swat damaged in quake

Posted by | Oct 29, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA:  The devastating earthquake that hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday 26 October has caused damages to the building of the lone Government Girls Post Graduate College where majority of the portions are risky to be used. Girls and faculty staff on Wednesday spent the entire day in the college lawn as they feared to enter rooms and take classes. Over 1600 girl students study in the college. “We did not attend any class today as there are big cracks everywhere in the building caused by earthquake so we preferred to stay away from the classrooms as...

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7.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Swat valley

7.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Swat valley

Posted by | Oct 27, 2015 | |

MINGORA:  Children, women and men, terror-stricken, began fleeing here and there when a powerful earthquake hit Swat valley on Monday. As many as 25 people died and over 200 were injured in the 7.5 magnitude earthquake. Emergency was imposed in all the government and private hospitals where injured were rushed to the hospitals. “I felt the earth heave beneath my feet, it was the most powerful earthquake I have ever felt,” said Hajra Bibi, an aged woman from Charbagh, dazed and shaken from the experience. Hajra Bibi was injured in the earthquake, and was admitted in a hospital along...

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Children say no to Rescue 1122 building on park site

Children say no to Rescue 1122 building on park site

Posted by | Oct 26, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Children, youth and civil society activists on Sunday warned of self-immolation against the provincial government’s decision to construct a Rescue 1122 office on a recreational site in Saidu Sharif. They were protesting in front of the Small Park located in the College Colony here, holding banners inscribed with appeals to Reham Khan, spouse of PTI chief Imran Khan, and official ambassador for street children in KP, to help reverse the decision. The former Swat state’s royal family member and PML-N leader, Shehryar Amirzeb, who was also present on the occasion, said the children needed more...

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