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Police operation against minor bike riders accelerated in Swat

Police operation against minor bike riders accelerated in Swat

Posted by | Oct 17, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: Swat police accelerated its campaign against underage bikers after general public appreciated the move asking police to continue the operation until no teenage biker appear on the roads. In wake of increasing causalities of the underage bikers Swat police have launched operation against the minor drivers and bikers. Police have also imposed wearing of helmets on adult riders to minimize the death causalities. District Swat Police Officer Saleem Marwat said that police found underage bikers increased day by day who violated traffic rulers and also observed one-wheeling. “So we have launched the operation against the...

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Our health in our hands: Global Handwashing day marked in Buner

Our health in our hands: Global Handwashing day marked in Buner

Posted by | Oct 16, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  Buner: Children and elders vowed to properly wash their hands and make it habit on the Global handwashing day here on Thursday. School children practically demonstrated cleanliness activities to motivate communities about the importance of hand-washing in a ceremony organized by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and SRSP held in Government Primary School Pir Abai in District Buner. Children also performed skits to increase awareness and understanding about cleanliness and its importance for human health. “The October 15 is the day to remind us the importance of cleanliness but it does not mean that we exercise...

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Re-test for secretary posts rejected in Swat

Re-test for secretary posts rejected in Swat

Posted by | Oct 13, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Hundreds of candidates, who have already appeared in the NTS test for the posts of secretaries in local government, held a protest demonstration on Monday against the decision of provincial government to reappear in the test. Holding placards and chanting slogans against the provincial government, the candidates from different areas of the district marched towards Swat Press Club. The protesters said that they appeared in the NTS test for the post of secretary in village or neighbourhood councils which was held in Peshawar in July last but recently the government cancelled the test after public...

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Absence of staff at Saidu hospital protested

Absence of staff at Saidu hospital protested

Posted by | Oct 13, 2015 | |

MINGORA: Scores of relatives of patients staged protest on Monday against absence of doctors and medical staff at Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH). They staged the protest after the death of a six-month-old child, who was admitted to the children ward of the hospital. They alleged that the child died due to negligence of doctors. “When my child’s condition worsened I ran here and there in search of doctors but failed to find any doctor and my child expired,” said Mohammad Khan, the father of the child. He said that the hospital remained crowded with trainees and students of Saidu...

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Visionary rulers lifted former Swat state, peaceful & prosperous, say speakers

Visionary rulers lifted former Swat state, peaceful & prosperous, say speakers

Posted by | Oct 12, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: Speakers at a function here on Sunday paid glowing tribute to the late rulers of former princely state Swat, saying Swat was one of the developed and peaceful states as it was ruled by visionary people before 1969. People from different walks of life belonging to Swat, Shangla and Buner districts assembled at the historical Wadudia Hall in Saidu Sharif to pay tribute to the late rulers of the former princely state. Miangul Shehryar Amirzeb, the grandson of Wali-i-Swat, the last ruler of the state, in his speech said that the sole reason of the...

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