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Swati youngster makes way to the national T20 team

Swati youngster makes way to the national T20 team

Posted by | Sep 17, 2015 | , |

Sports Correspondent  MINGORA: People in Swat are excited after Imran Khan Junior, the young player from Swat, was selected by the National Selection Committee in the T20 squad against Zimbabwe. A wave of happiness surged among Swatis when the young bowler paved his way to the shortest format of cricket after showing his brilliant performances in the national T20 championship. Playing for Peshawar, the Left-arm pacer Imran bagged 16 wickets in the championship. “We are really excited to know that Imran has been selected in the national team against Zimbabwe. The news brought immense joy to everyone in Swat,”...

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Young entrepreneur becomes ray of hope for Swat women

Young entrepreneur becomes ray of hope for Swat women

Posted by | Sep 15, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: During the three years of militancy, when there was no ray of hope for the traumatised widows and orphan girls in Swat, Shama Khalilur Rehman, a young entrepreneur, came forward to not only rehabilitate them but also help them to stand on their own feet. She opened a vocational centre in Swat in 2009 and motivated the needy women to learn skills and earn their livelihood in a respectful way. She said that she set up the centre as she could not see the suffering of the poor women, whose spouses were killed during the...

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NGOs join hands to educate deprived girls in Swat

NGOs join hands to educate deprived girls in Swat

Posted by | Sep 15, 2015 | |

  By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: More than 30 schools will be set up in the rural areas of the district under a three-year project to impart quality education to girl students and equip them with vocational skills. The schools will be established particularly in those areas where middle schools don’t exist to facilitate the girl students, who have passed primary level. The project will help them to stand on their feet by providing them vocational skills. The project titled “Institutional support for participatory, inclusive and respective education (Inspire) II” has been funded by Reach out to Asia (Rota) and...

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Anti-polio drive delayed in Swat

Anti-polio drive delayed in Swat

Posted by | Sep 14, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: The boycott by lady health workers forced the district administration and health authorities to delay the anti-polio drive in Swat. The four-day anti-polio drive, which was scheduled to be launched on Monday, was delayed by the authorities. The anti-polio campaign was temporarily put off owing to some reasons including the boycott of lady health workers, said Dr Anwar Jamal, the representative of EPI in the district. “The anti-polio drive will start from September 17 in which LHWs will also take part as they have decided to end their strike in a meeting with health officials,”...

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Books donated to schools in Swat

Books donated to schools in Swat

Posted by | Sep 14, 2015 | |

By Fazal Khaliq  MINGORA: More than 2,000 books were distributed among the libraries of government and private schools during a ceremony here on Saturday. The book exhibition and books distribution ceremony titled “When you open a book, you open a new world” was organised by Swat Education Development Society in collaboration with the Asia Foundation. The teachers and students of different schools appreciated the efforts of the organisers of the event. They said that books were inevitable for formation of a civilised, developed and peaceful society. “Books have been here for centuries. Getting knowledge about our ancestors, culture and...

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