Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, rejected the theory that the provincial government allowed the Taliban to come to Swat under some conspiracy. “The impression is misplaced that we let the Taliban return to Swat under some sort of conspiracy,” he said, speaking to the media in Swat. Barrister Saif […]
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Continuous protests in Swat after attack on school van
SWAT: Thousands of people took to the streets for another consecutive day on Tuesday, demanding the arrest of culprits behind the attack on a school van in KP’s Swat district yesterday. A sit-in protest was staged on the main Kalam-Swat road blocking the artery for traffic. Locals in Mingora claim that terrorists from banned outfits […]
Floods bring havoc to roads infrastructure in KP
SWAT: Besides colossal humans and material losses, the devastative floods have brought havoc to communication infrastructure including roads and bridges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where several upper areas of Swat and Dir districts were cut off from rest of the country hampering relief operations. Damaging 3161.5 kilometers roads and 149 bridges in Pakistan, the floods have […]
Four killed in a forest fire Chaksar area, Swat
ISLAMABAD: As many as four people including three female were burnt to death while battling the violent fire at a mountain forest in Chaksar area, Swat. The official of fire extinguishing department and others department concerns were rush to the site to rescue the people and also started operation to beat out the fire. The […]
Commissioner assures to solve problems of Swat Motorway phase-II affectees
SWAT: Commissioner Malakand Thursday assured the land owners, who might be the affectees of Swat Motorway Phase-II project, that all their grievances would be addressed. He was addressing an important jirga held at the Commissioner’s Office Saidu Sharif to listen to and address the grievances of the possible affected land owners. Delegates from different regions […]
Earthquake jolts Swat
SWAT: A 4.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Swat and other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Tuesday afternoon, causing anxiety among residents. According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), the magnitude of the quake was recorded at 4.4 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was in the Hindu Kush mountain range with a depth of […]
Journalists become party in Swat Press Club case
Petitions of the working journalists were accepted and included in the writ in the Swat Press Club controversy case. A division bench of the Peshawar High Court Mingora bench comprising Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Waqar Ahmed granted the petitions of Swat working journalists to join the Press Club controversy and included them in the […]
Second phase of PDM will be the last nail in the coffin for PTI govt: Ameer Muqam
PML-N provincial president Engineer Amir Muqam has said that Imran Khan should answer about the funding from Israel and India, he does not even recognize the Election Commission, the institutions have been paralyzed in the current government. Addressing the press conference in Khawaza Khela Tehsil, Amir Muqam said that the PTI has proved to be […]
Protest against demolition of Gujjar Secretariat
SWAT: The Gujjar clan has announced a full-scale protest against the demolition of the Gujjar Secretariat. On June 21, the Gujjars across the division will hold a protest in Swat. The protest against the illegal demolition of Gujar Secretariat in Fiza Gut Swat by the provincial government is provoking the people of Gujarat and it […]
Mingora water supply reviewed
Swat: A high-level meeting regarding Mingora Gravity Water Supply Scheme was held at Commissioners Office Saidu Sharif. Chaired by Divisional Commissioner Syed Zaheerul Islam, the meeting was attended by chairman District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) Swat Fazal Hakeem Khan Yousafzai, MPA Azizullah Khan, MPA Sardar Khan, Deputy Commissioner Swat Junaid Khan, AC Babuzai Shozaib Abbas, […]