Author: Fazal Khaliq

Three more Covid-19 patients died in Swat during the last 24 hours

MINGORA: Three more Covid-19 patients died during the last 24 hours taking the tally to 11 in Swat. According to Saiud Group of Teaching Hospital (SGTH), during the last 24 hours three Covid-19 patients died who were admitted in the HDU. The 70-year old woman Bakht Sardara a resident of Esa Khela Mohallah Mingora was Covid-19 patient and was admitted in the HDU died late Monday evening. Dost Mohammad, 75 who was tested positive for Covid-19 and was shifted to the HDU in Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital died early Tuesday Morning. The 60-year old Rahmani Gul was admitted...

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ARROGANCE BEING FLOGGED

By Professor Muhammad Ilyas Aeschylus was perhaps the first European playwright who created the violation of the natural moral order of the world and this reaction became the theme of his plays. He was a man of intense religious and patriotic convictions. Temperamentally, he was drawn towards tragedy. He saw that the order of the world was disturbed by man’s immoderate actions and finally he became the victim of his own blindness. His conviction was that human arrogance was the motivating force behind the violation of the natural moral order of the world and the gods always overthrew the...

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Kokarai civil society seeks assistance in wake of Covid-19

Fazal Khaliq MINGORA:  Civil society members here on Tuesday demanded of the government to install hand washing facilities and provide relief packages to the poor communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. They demanded this in an emergency meeting of civil society members organized by Khwaga Kaliwaal Kokarai Swat Advisory Council. The meeting aimed to create coordination with the government and non-government organizations regarding the Coronavirus outbreak. They said that Kokarai union council was thickly populated with more than 40,000 people where majority of them belonged to poor communities who had no source of income during the lockdown. “The relevant departments...

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Rumours and false news in time of pandemic

By Fazal Khaliq It is not a new phenomenon that various individuals spread rumours, fake news or fraudulent claims during pandemics, wars or other calamities. During the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic various people shared false photos to mislead people about fatalities caused by Covid-19. Two examples are stated below: 1: Claim Many people on social media platforms posted a photo showing currency notes lying scattered on the streets claiming that Italians are throwing their money on the roads as it is infected with coronavirus and is useless to them. Fact: However, the claim is misleading as the photos were, originally...

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Novel Coronavirus claimed two more lives in Swat

Morning Post:  MINGORA: The novel coronavirus on Saturday evening claimed two more lives after which the death tally reached three in Swat valley. Both of the deceased were kept in the HDU isolation of Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH). The first person died, belonged to Aryanai village in union council Balakot of Bahrain tehsil. The second person died, belonged to Rahimabad area in Mingora. Both of them had returned from Tableghi Markaz Lahore. With six more positive cases, the Covid-19 tally reached 25 in Swat. According to DHO Swat Dr Ikram Shah, the six new persons who tested positive for...

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