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 […]
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Floods: List of trusted NGOs where you can donate
Floods: List of trusted NGOs where you can donate. Heavy rain pounded much of Pakistan Friday after the government declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding it said had affected more than 30 million people. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Friday that more than 900 people had been killed this year — […]
KP cabinet approves first-ever biosphere reserve in Upper Chitral
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet, with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in chair accorded approval on Tuesday for the establishment of biosphere reserve in the province, informed Chief Conservator Wildlife Department Dr. Mohsin Farooq. He said with the establishment of this first-ever biosphere reserve, the total protected areas would reach to 16.85 per cent of the […]
KP reserves 15.85 pc of its land for protection of wild species, surpassing international standard of 14pc
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has reserved 15.85 percent of its land for protection of wildlife by declaring protected areas to establish different national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and wildlife refugees, surpassing the international standard of 14 percent. According to a statement issued here on Monday by Forestry, Environment and Wildlife Department, the provincial government has reserved […]
9 new Corona cases confirmed in KP
PESHAWAR: Nine new Coronavirus have been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last 24 hours, according to the Corona updates shared by the Health Department here on Monday. With nine new cases, the total active Corona cases have climbed to 221 in the province. A total of 6,324 people have died of the virus in […]
KP govt unveils schedule for summer vacation
PESHAWAR: Elementary & Secondary Education Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced the schedule for summer vacation for Academic Year 2022-23 for public sector and private sector educational institutions. According to a notification issued here on Friday, primary, middle and high & higher secondary schools in the summer zone will go on vacation from June 1, 2022 […]
CM approves more BRT feeder routes to facilities maximum people
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance and Health Minister, Taimur Khan Jhagra on Monday said that KP government has approved six more feeder routes for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to facilitate maximum number of people and provide them best travelling facilities in the provincial capital. He said that Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has approved new feeder routes […]
210,000 children to be administered anti-polio drops in Khyber district
PESHAWAR: The district administration Khyber has finalized all preparations for a seven-day polio campaign starting from January 24,2022 under which about 210,000 children would be administered anti-polio drops. In this connection additional commissioner Khyber Noor Wali Khan chaired a meeting at the Commissioner Office which was attended by District Health Officer Dr. Qasim Abbas, Tehsil […]
453 new corona cases reported in KP
PESHAWAR: The surge in the number of new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases continued in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 453 patients tested positive one confirmed and one died of the virus during last 24 hours. According to the Health Department, the total number of active cases in the province climbed to 1,833. Some 45 patients recovered from the […]
Gunmen attacked polio team in KP’s tank: Policemen martyred
TANK: Citing the district health officer, gunmen attacked and killed a security member assigned to protect a polio vaccination team in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. When armed individuals on a motorcycle assaulted the polio security team in Tank, Dera Ismail Khan region of KP, one security official was killed and another was injured. The armed men […]