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Local Elders in Malam Jabba Accuse Samson Company of Land Grabbing and Harassment, Threaten Protest

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: The local elders in Malam Jabba on Wednesday levelled accusations against the Samson company, alleging land grabbing and harassment of the local residents. These views were expressed by the local elders of Mulam Jabba while addressing a press conference in Mulam Jabba. Addressing the press conference on the occasion, former Nazim Shairestan, Syed Saddam Hussain, Liaquat Ali, Mian Jan, Sharif Khan, Muhammad Ali, Sultan Rom and others said that they were hoping for the development and promotion of tourism from the Samson Group and PC hotel. “However, tourism has deteriorated due to arbitrary actions. The...

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U.S. Ambassador and FAO Mark Successful Completion of $1.3 Million Sustainable Farming Project

By Correspondent Peshawar: U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Blome participated in a closing event of a five-year, $1.3 million U.S. Embassy-funded sustainable farming program today. The Alternative Livelihoods Options Project, which the FAO implemented with the assistance of the KP government, has helped 3,700 farmers, including over 600 women, increase their incomes by teaching them improved agricultural practices and increasing their access to new, alternative crops. The program’s “achievements are far-reaching,” said Ambassador Blome, noting that it “helped establish fruit orchards, vegetable gardens, greenhouses, and irrigation systems benefitting more than 25,000 people.” He also commended the 624 women leaders who...

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Swat Bar Association Declares Strike and Court Boycott in Protest Against Arrest of PTI Workers and Lawyers

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT:  The Swat Bar Association here on Tuesday announced a strike and boycott of courts on Wednesday against the arrest of PTI workers and lawyers for conducting a workers’ convention in Khwazakhela tehsil. According to a press release issued by the Swat Bar Association, a meeting was held under President Saeed Khan’s chairmanship. In the meeting, regret was expressed for the FIR against the lawyers and workers of PTI who participated in the Workers’ Convention of Tehreek-e-Insaf held in the residence of Ali Shah Khan Advocate. The bar association also criticized the inclusion of anti-terrorism sections...

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Effects of melting glaciers on food production in South Asia

KATHMANDU: Millions of farmers in South Asia depend on meltwater from the Himalayas. Melting glaciers, rainwater and groundwater allow farmers downstream to irrigate their crops. Using a novel model, an international team of researchers determined for the first time how great the impact of melting glaciers will be on the downstream water supply in the future, and how the pressure on different water sources will increase. The results published on 19 May in Nature Climate Change can be accessed here. The Himalayas are a climate change hotspot: areas located at high altitudes heat up faster than the rest of the planet....

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Former Swat State Royal’s family member ‘Prince Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb’ dies

By Correspondent SWAT: Former MNA Prince Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb alias Adnan Bacha died in a Haripur road accident on Monday. The deceased, 61, who was also the grandson of last ruler of the Swat state, was on way to Islamabad from Abbottabad when his car met the fatal accident. He died on the spot. Born in 1961, Mr Aurangzeb had an engineering degree in electronics. He got elected to the National Assembly from Swat on a Muslim League ticket in the 1997 elections. Mr Aurangzeb was the son of former governor of then NWFP and Balochistan Mian Mangal Aurangzeb;...

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