Author: Fazal Khaliq

Bandai villagers want primary schools upgraded

Bandai villagers want primary schools upgraded

Posted by | Mar 13, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The residents of Bandai village in Khwaza Khela tehsil have demanded of the government to upgrade primary schools to middle level for both girls and boys in the area. They said that the students, who passed primary school, faced difficulties to walk about four kilometres to reach the nearest middle school. They said that most of the residents of Bandai were poor and could not afford to arrange transport service for their children to reach school. “There are more than 1,100 households in our village. About 800 households are very poor. They cannot afford to...

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Patients show concern over filthy toilets in STH

Patients show concern over filthy toilets in STH

Posted by | Mar 11, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The patients and their attendants have complained about the poor condition of cleanliness in Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital. “This is the biggest hospital in Malakand division but patients face problems owing to poor condition of cleanliness,” said Ikram Khan, who was with his brother in the hospital. “Patients are brought to the hospital to be treated where hygiene must be the top priority but everything is upside down here as hygienic condition is the worst. It seems that there is no sweeper in the hospital because nobody cleans the toilets,” said a patient in the...

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Fatehpur farmers seek repair of irrigation channel

Fatehpur farmers seek repair of irrigation channel

Posted by | Mar 6, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: The farmers and growers of Fatehpur have demanded of the authorities to restore supply of irrigation water to their area. They said that supply of water through the main irrigation channel to their area was stopped during construction of a road that turned their agricultural lands barren. The farmers said that a portion of the irrigation channel was also unpaved that caused wastage of water. They said that the main source of income of most of the residents of Fatehpur was agriculture. They said that the network of irrigation channels in the area was unpaved...

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Local Development Unit established to link communities and line departments

Local Development Unit established to link communities and line departments

Posted by | Feb 20, 2020 | |

By Fazal Khaliq MINGORA:  Speakers here on Wednesday said that local communities’ consultation in planning of developmental initiatives by the government was indispensable to achieve long term development and prosperity. They were speaking in the launching workshop of Local Development Unit (LDU) aiming to establish a platform of members from local communities and line departments to link them and discuss community issues and plan developmental activities. The event was organized by LASOONA under a project “Enabled environment for right-based, inclusive development and improved governance in Swat and Shangla Districts in Pakistan, funded by European Union and Welt hung hilfe....

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Kashmir Solidarity Day observed in Kandahar

Kashmir Solidarity Day observed in Kandahar

Posted by | Feb 5, 2020 | |

By Our Correspondent Kandahar: Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed at Pakistan consulate in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Wednesday. To mark the Kashmir Solidarity day, large number of people from all walks of life participated the event. Counsel General Naeem Ullah Khan read the message of the President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alwi and talked about Indian atrocities on innocent Kashmiris. He also thanked the people of Afghanistan for showing solidarity with the people of Kashmir. Later on to express solidarity the participants staged a car rally passing through various markets and bazaars in Kandahar before concluded in Aino...

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