PM says greener pastures ahead as U-21 Games kick off in Peshawar on March 10, 2020Inaugurating the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Under-21 Games at the Peshawar Sports Complex on Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that although the country has been facing a difficult situation, the greener pastures are ahead. The event passed peacefully at the Peshawar Sports Complex. Imran said that hopefully the games would produce new talent. Those present on […]
Polio drive, ‘Under-21 Games’ keep law enforcers on their toes in Peshawar on March 9, 2020Two major events taking place in the provincial capital and planned visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan today (Monday) have kept the law enforcement machinery on its toes. PM Imran Khan is expected to inaugurate one of the country’s biggest events, Under-21 Games, at the Peshawar Sports Complex, previously known Qayyum Stadium, in Saddar. Also, […]
Peshawar Universitys affairs to be digitalised on August 23, 2017PESHAWAR: The business is as usual: staff working at the administration offices at the University of Peshawar and visitors waiting to meet the vice chancellor, who is busy in a meeting in his office. Outside the administration offices, students in large numbers wait in long queues to submit their admission forms. However, there is good […]
Kohat has maximum stillbirths in KP on July 21, 2017 PESHAWAR: Lack of facilities, poor antenatal care and maternal diseases are a few of the reasons that may turn the joyful occasion of a delivery into moment of grief: sometimes a baby may be still, with no sign of life, soon after delivery. Stillbirth refers to an infant who dies in mother’s womb. The […]
KP govt to create 28,000 jobs for young people on June 12, 2017PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has set targets in seven sectors in the fiscal year 2017-18, including the generation of around 28,000 jobs for young people. A document titled “Citizens’ Budget: Putting People First”, released by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Department elaborates key targets in education, health, agriculture, local governments, security, sports and culture sectors […]
Call for more funds for healthcare sector on June 9, 2017PESHAWAR: Though the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has increased the fiscal budget for health by almost 31 percent (Rs 49.27 billion this time), medical experts say the sector of maternal, newborn and child healthcare also needs more funding. Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial manager Dr Sahib Gul said that they received funds […]
Gora Digi: A freshwater pool where past and present meet on September 15, 2016PESHAWAR: Though there are a number of swimming pools, Gora Digi or Gorakh Digi is the only pool in the provincial capital, with a freshwater spring that is said to have medicinal properties. According to local elders, the spring is producing freshwater from 1675 onwards and also cures scabies and skin problems. While elders can […]
Rotavirus a major threat to children lives on September 12, 2016PESHAWAR: Abdullah, a Peshawar-based shopkeeper, is a pensive mood while standing in a children hospital along with his wife who carries a minor child as well. The face of the child, suffering from diarrhoea and dehydration, has turned pale while his parents are anxiously waiting for a nurse to administer drugs to the baby. “The […]
13 districts declared high risk in KP anti-polio campaign on August 29, 2016PESHAWAR: A three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign will kick-off on Monday (today) in 13 high risk districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the entire tribal region including seven Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and six Frontier Regions (FR). In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the immunisation campaign will be carried out in 604 union councils and 67 camps of displaced families […]
Patients decry troubles at KPs biggest hospital on August 24, 2016PESHAWAR: Tall claims of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government about “Naya KP” have proved hollow slogans as mismanagement of the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) has become a source of nuisance for patients and their attendants. During a visit to LRH, this correspondent witnessed queues of patients and their attendants while there were just two junior female doctors […]