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An Ode to Corona Virus

An Ode to Corona Virus

Posted by | Jul 20, 2020 | |

By Professor Muhammad Ilyas My mind boggles and fingers shudder As I write these lines about a crowned terror You intrigue me and a number of questions arise Who fathered you? Who groomed you? And who crowned you? And who were the people clapping hands at the coronation? A mere glow of light has made you so invincible Your movements and attacks are so invisible Like Caesar you came you saw and conquered all Can any empire claim to have done this before? I want to know your place of birth Was it a lab or the lap of...

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Lack of basic facilities contribute to poor quality of education in Swat

Lack of basic facilities contribute to poor quality of education in Swat

Posted by | Jun 5, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: More than 300 schools lack basic facilities in Swat and social activists and educationists demanded that the government to immediately provide the required amenities so the schools can improve the quality of education. They said the lack of basic facilities including drinking water supply, toilets, boundary walls, furniture contribute to the poor quality of education in Swat’s government schools. The students do not have drinking water supply and go out of the school every time when they feel thirsty. “We don’t have drinking water supply in our school so we go to a nearby water...

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Philanthropist sisters provide personal protection equipment to LHWs in Swat

Philanthropist sisters provide personal protection equipment to LHWs in Swat

Posted by | May 10, 2020 | |

By Our Correspondent  MINGORA:  The lady health workers in Swat thanked the philanthropist sisters for donating them personal protection equipment as they said they would feel safe and comfortable to trace the suspected patients of Covid-19 in their local communities. Since the coronavirus outbreak the lady health workers (LHWs) in Swat started visiting each and every house in their vicinity to collect the data of expatriates returning from abroad as well as trace suspected Covid-19 patients. Shaheen Ghaznavi a Pakistani American lady and her sister Neelfar Afazal based in Lahore who are helping Pakistani front line health care providers to...

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CDLD Programme Supports KP Government to combat Covid-19

CDLD Programme Supports KP Government to combat Covid-19

Posted by | Apr 30, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA:  Commissioner Malakand division Riaz Khan Mahsud said that he was grateful to the European Union for providing personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors, paramedical staff and other health care givers of all the districts in Malakand division. He was speaking in a ceremony of handing over personal protective equipment (PPE) to the regional administration by the CDLD Programme aiming to support KP government to combat Covid-19. The ceremony was organized at his office on Wednesday. He said that it was a great and must needed support to the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “Our doctors and...

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Coronavirus Covid-19 and the lockdown in Pakistan

Coronavirus Covid-19 and the lockdown in Pakistan

Posted by | Apr 23, 2020 | |

By Shurooq khan Though there is a general belief that minor things cannot cause a great change yet the coronavirus covid-19, despite of its microscopic size does its job. The virus being of a petty size and having spikes all around its surface, is twirling and swirling the whole earth on its feet like a ballet dancer. The epicentre of the deadly virus was Wuhan, the commercial hub in central China, where it had caused its fatality killing hundreds of people before spreading to the rest of the world.  The virus emerged in Wuhan on December 19, 2019 and...

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