Posts Tagged ‘Swat’

The goddess of knowledge and learning

Shri Panchami or Saraswoti Puja, is a special day for students when they show their respect to Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and learning. Children are given their first writing and reading lessons at the temple during this festival in the belief that the goddess of education Saraswati will help them excel in education. – Photos by [...]

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Swat to be made model district: Hoti

PESHAWAR Jan 20: Chief Minister Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti has said that every effort will be undertaken for transforming Swat into a model district.

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Milk and blood

Many years ago, when Swat was still green and free from bushy warlords, I knew a middle-aged man there who was also a tracking guide. His name was Atique Ali Khan and I remember every time I used to ask him about how his two children were doing at school, he had this habit of [...]

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Azam Swati joins PTI

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ISLAMABAD – Former senator Azam Khan Swati on Saturday announced to join Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) at a news conference, where party Chairman Imran Khan claimed he would present before the nation a comprehensive agenda of change on December 25 that would ultimately lead towards a prosperous Pakistan.
“Today, I am…

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Former senator Azam Khan Swati joins PTI

Pakistan Therik-i-Insaf Chief Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Quershi welcomed the former JUI-F leader.

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Azam Swati joins PTI

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Azam Swati who had resigned from his party Jamiat Ulema-e- Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Senate has joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) here on Saturday. Swati announced this during a press conference. He said that he has submitted all his assets to Chairman PTI Imran Khan. He had announced his resignation…

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USAID helps Dir, Swat beekeepers restore business

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ISLAMABAD – The US government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Entrepreneurs Project, has helped 13,000 conflict and flood-affected plant collectors and beekeepers in Upper Dir and Swat restart their businesses by providing essential tools and training.
In a US-sponsored conference on the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants…

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Azam Swati resigns from JUI-F, Senate

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ISLAMABAD – Former science and technology minister Azam Swati Wednesday resigned from the membership of Senate and JUI-F, saying that sitting in the Parliament was tantamount to wastage of time.
Talking to the media, Swati remained tight-lipped about his future course of action.
“I have decided to detach myself…

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Azam Swati resigns from JUI-F, Senate

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Senator Azam Swati has resigned from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazlur Rehman group ( JUI-F) and the Senate, report said on Wednesday. Swati said that national security is in danger because of the current rulers. Speaking at the parliament house, Swati said national institutions such as PIA and Pakistan Railways were…

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Cops shot injured by colleague

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Swat – A special force police personnel allegedly injured his colleague by opening indiscriminate fire on him in Nawagai check post of Barikot here at Swat on Monday.
According to police, 2 special police force personnel – Bakhtiyar and Dilbar Shah – were performing their duty at Nawagai check post.…

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Swat court acquits Sufi’s three sons

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SWAT – Anti-Terrorism Special Court in Swat acquitted three sons of Mualana Sufi Muhammad, the chief of banned Tehreek-Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi, on Thursday.
After hearing the final arguments, Anti-Terrorism Special Court No 1 judge Asim Emaam announced the verdict, freeing Abdullah, Fazalullah and Abdul Rehman for lack of evidence against them.…

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Kalam receives heavy snowfall

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MINGORA (APP) – The valley of Kalam and other upper areas of district Swat received heavy snowfall and the area was covered with white blanket of snow. The rain and snowfall has changed the weather and people have started wearing warm clothes. The rain continued for second day in Mingora…

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Fazlullah renews threat to Swat Valley

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PESHAWAR (Reuters) – Afghanistan-based Pakistani Taliban leader Maulvi Fazlullah, a key figure in the insurgency, has vowed to return home to wage war.
“We sacrificed our lives, left our homes and villages for the sake of Sharia Law and will do whatever we can to get Sharia implemented in the…

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Fazlullah vows to renew insurgency in Pakistan

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At the time when US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Pakistan to convey tough message to high-ups for eliminating the sanctuaries of Taliban on this side of the border, the fugitive head of Swat Taliban Maulvi Fazlullah sent a fresh call of waging war against Pakistan on Friday.<br…

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Fazlullah vows new war in Pakistan

The Taliban leader vowed to return to Pakistan to wage war in Swat Valley, and doubts the government is sincere about peace talks with militants.

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Fazlullah in Afghanistan

THE military has made perhaps its most concrete statement yet about the cross-border attacks it has been battling since this summer. It has pinpointed Maulana Fazlullah of Swat, the infamous Mullah Radio, as being at least one of the commanders behind the series of raids from eastern Afghanistan that have taken the lives of dozens [...]

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Thailand: Tourism kingdom deluged

Thailand’s floods have inundated huge swathes of the kingdom, swallowing homes and businesses, shutting down industry, and forcing tens of thousands of people to seek refuge in shelters. The floods have killed about 300 people, damaged one-tenth of Thailand’s rice paddy and made major roads north of Bangkok impassable.

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