Saidu Sharif Hospital gets oxygen plant on May 10, 2021SWAT: A Centralized Oxygen Plant has been installed at Saidu Sharif Hospital. The plant will provide oxygen to COVID patients round the clock. According to the spokesperson of Saidu Sharif Hospital, the capacity of the oxygen plants is 8400 m3 which will ensure an uninterrupted supply of oxygen to all the patients of COVID 24 […]
Several development projects underway in Swat on May 7, 2021SWAT: An important meeting regarding development projects of Swat district was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner of Malakand Division Zaheerul Islam at Commissioner Office Syed Sharif on Friday. Special Secretary to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Khaliq also attended the meeting. DIG of Malakand Division Abdul Ghafoor Afridi, Deputy Commissioner of Swat […]
Woman killed, another injured in Swat on May 7, 2021SWAT: Unidentified people killed a woman with an ax and injured another in Mingora on Friday. In another incident, a man shot dead his younger brother in Kanju area of Swat. According to Mingora police, unidentified persons broke into a house in Haji Baba, the busiest area of Mingora last night where they killed Maimuna […]
Child protection court opens in Swat on April 10, 2021The Child Protection Court with state-of-the-art facilities was inaugurated at Saidu Sharif in Swat on Friday. The court was inaugurated by Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan through a virtual inauguration ceremony from Peshawar. Addressing the inaugural function, he said that these kind of special courts would serve as a […]
Killers of Swabi ATC judge held on April 8, 2021The Swabi police here on Wednesday arrested killers involved in the killing of the Swat anti-terrorism court’s judge. The details pertaining to the arrest were revealed to the media at press conference. According to Swabi District Police Officer Muhammad Shoaib, the police sprang into action after some unknown people killed anti-terrorism court judge Aftab Afridi, […]
Malam Jabba ski resort closed for public on court orders on April 5, 2021MINGORA: The management of the Malam Jabba ski resort has closed the picturesque tourist place for the general public after the contractor company was stopped from charging entry fees which were deemed to be a tax. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zulifqar Bukhari said in a tweet, “Unfortunate to see one […]
Swat schools to remain closed till 11th on April 1, 2021Swat Deputy Commissioner (DC) Junaid Khan has said that owing to the thrid-wave of COVID-19 and a surge in the number of virus-contracted patients, all the educational institutions across the district will remain close till April, 11. The Swat DC said this while meeting a delegation of journalists representing the Swat Electronic Media Association (SEMA), […]
School education programme launched in Swat seminaries on March 31, 2021The Accelerated Learning Programme ( ALP), aimed at instilling contemporary education into the students of religious seminaries, was launched in Swat. Under the programme, students of ages 10 to 15 years would receive contemporary education concurrently with their religious studies at Madrassas. Açcording to Sawar Khan, director of the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), […]
Ministry seals Swat Press Club on March 28, 2021Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting here on Saturday issued a notification pertaining to sealing the Swat Press Club (SPC) building. The notification aimed at the sealing of the SPC building has been issued by the office of deputy secretary information Peshawar, citing the SPC’s building and membership issues prompted the ministry to […]
PIA back to Swat airspace after 17 years on March 24, 2021The national carrier of Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), will resume its flight operations to the country’s scenic Swat valley after nearly 17 years, a spokesperson for the airline said on Thursday. “PIA is going to resume its flight operations to Saidu Sharif Airport, Swat, after 17 years,” PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez Khan told Daily […]