Mansehra

Lawyers boycott courts, censure PBC for decision

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Ghulam Dastageer PESHAWAR: Lawyers across the NWFP Monday held a complete boycott of the superior and the subordinate judiciary in protest against the decision of the Pakistan Bar Council, which...

ANP blamed for lawlessness

Monday, November 17, 2008 Our correspondent MANSEHRA: The Mansehra chapter of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Sunday expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order in the province and held the Awami National Party...

Season’s first snowfall in upper areas

ISLAMABAD: Muzaffarabad and upper parts received the season’s first snowfall on Thursday, creating cold wave conditions in adjoining area. Rains have started in Abbotabad, Mansehra, Chitral and other upper parts of the country....

Children mark ‘Global Handwashing Day’ in remote Pakistan village

World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office (MEERO) By Syed Haider Ali How many times do you need to wash your hands? You know, whenever you come back after playing, before meals, working with animals and after using...

Bhasha Dam to cost $12b

Nov 11, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- The federal government in a meeting on Tuesday accorded approval to the Diamer Bhasha Dam worth $ 12.6 billion, and bids for the pre-qualification of the contractors would...

Sunni Tehreek wants CM to play role

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 By our correspondent Karachi So far, about 8 activists of the Sunni Tehreek have been killed and several injured owing to targeted attacks against the party, a spokesman of the ST said on Tuesday....

NWFP journalists protest colleague’s killing in Swat

Govt asked to protect mediapersons Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Bureau report PESHAWAR: Condemning the brutal killing of a journalist at the hands of security forces in Swat, newsmen in Peshawar and other parts of the province...

‘Using wind force generators can double power generation’

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Our correspondent MANSEHRA: Professor Mohammad Sadiq, head of the Physics Department at Hazara University, Monday presented a model that might double the power generation from the existing...

PML-N to re-launch uplift plans in Mansehra

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Our correspondent MANSEHRA: The projects to the tune of billions of rupees approved by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in its previous tenure in Mansehra district that were later scrapped...

Deteriorating law & order

NGOs abandoning projects in Fata, NWFP Monday, November 10, 2008 by Ghulam Dastageer PESHAWAR: The Frontier province and its neighbouring tribal belt is fast becoming ‘no-go zone’ for civil society organisations (CSOs), forcing...

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