Author: Fazal Khaliq

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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Turkish Tourists Praise Swat Police, People and Natural Beauty

By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: Turkish students on Friday, who visited Swat during Eidul Fitr holidays, praised Swat police for recovering their lost bag immediately and giving them a high standard of hospitality. According to Roshan Ali, SHO Ghaligey police station the three Turkish students, Izzuddin from Mardin, Gokhan and Salaah Uddin from Bakar in Turkey who are studying in Pakistan visited Swat during Eidul Fitr holidays but they lost their bag containing passports and other important documents came to the police station for filing report. “When they came, I assured them not to worry as we will try our...

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ECONOMY CRISES OF PAKISTAN AND THE WAY FORWARD

By Bilal Sayed Forex and currency crises Pakistan has repeatedly run into macroeconomic crises: runaway inflation, current account and trade deficits, depleting foreign reserves, and currency devaluations. It is, once again, faced with a combination of these problems. The two immediate threats to the country’s $263-billion economy come from the build-up of inflationary pressures, and a payment crisis that stems from a combination of global and domestic factors — problems that the pandemic has exacerbated. The situation is similar to, and worse than, the crisis of 2018 when Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves plummeted to multi-year low. As of November...

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