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Dutch envoy visits Peshawar Museum

musiclover — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:40:58 +0000

Dutch Ambassador in Islamabad Hugo Gajus Scheltema accompanied by first secretary of the Netherlands embassy visited the Peshawar Museum.

Nidaullah Sehrai, the museum curator who is also director of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Archaeology and Museums Department, received the guests and briefed them on the Buddhist civilisation of Gandhara. He gave them a guided tour of the main hall, which exhibits more than 70 stories of the life of Buddha, i.e. from the time of his birth till death.

They also visited the Buddha, the Bodhisattva and Buddha galleries and evinced keen interest in them. The Peshawar Museum has the most extensive collection of the Gandhara art in Pakistan.

Bombings force Pakistani children into work

musiclover — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:52:40 +0000

At seven years old, it’s a struggle for Zabita Khan to work all afternoon, dodging vehicles, rickshaws and donkey carts to carry drinks for thirsty customers in a hot, crowded Pakistani market.
But two years ago his father was killed in a bomb attack and he has to work to put food on the table for his family.
So after school, he spends sizzling afternoons catering to shopkeepers and their guests for 300 rupees a month in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
“I don’t like working in the market. I like school, where I study and play hide and seek with friends,” said a downcast Zabita, working the same street where his father was killed on October 28, 2009.
“I don’t have friends over here. I come here because my mother sends me and tells me I have to work for my family, for my siblings,” said Khan, who has two younger brothers — Sajjad, 5, and Arif, 3.
His father Khairullah was killed in one of Pakistan’s deadliest attacks — 125 people slaughtered when a car bomb tore through the packed Meena Bazaar while US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was holdings talks in Islamabad.
There was no claim of responsibility but officials blamed the Taliban, who are accused of killing 4,700 people across Pakistan since government troops besieged Islamist militants holed up in an Islamabad mosque in 2007.
Thousands more have been wounded or incapacitated, living with injuries slow to heal or that make an ordinary working life impossible.
But a hidden tragedy is the children — indirect victims of terror attacks — who are forced to join already swollen ranks of child labour to help keep their families alive after the loss of a parent.
“We closed the shop for two months after the death of Zabita’s father Khairullah. When we reopened, his mother sent him to the shop to work on behalf of his family,” Zabita’s uncle, Mohammad Umer told AFP.

22 dengue fever patients suspected in KP

musiclover — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:13:45 +0000

There were at least 22 suspected dengue fever patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) out of which 4 patients were confirmed on Sunday.

Fifteen admitted cases have been discharged from different hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while no new case is reported/admitted, says a press release received from the Health Department here on Sunday.

Out of 22 suspected cases only four patients was confirmed and established as having Dengue fever.

All districts hospitals in the province have established intensive care wards, fever clinics to cope up with dengue fever in their respective districts.

Laboratory facilities for diagnosing dengue fever are available in all the districts hospitals. All facilities are available at the districts hospitals if any patient needs specialized treatment to be referred to all the teaching hospitals.

EDO(H) of all districts have arranged and completed fumigations, insecticidal spray and fogging and are now in their second and third round in the hot spot areas of their respective districts.

Health awareness about dengue fever is being delivered to the population through LHWs from National programme, local electronic and print media.

The Health department has recommended the following preventive measures for general public:

Don’t keep stagnant water in utensils especially in and around the shady areas and houses, use of mosquitoes nets, prevent collection of stagnant water in and around your house, use mosquitoes repellants all over your body when moving outdoors, use full sleeves shirt and full length shalwar and pants, fixation of fine wire mesh screens on windows and doors, use of coil and mats while indoor, in case of fever please immediately approach/visit the nearby hospital and avoid taking aspirin and brufen tablets.

Peshawar Fashion Show

musiclover — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:47:54 +0000

Peshawar mosque sparks Ramazan moon row

musiclover — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:19:19 +0000

A row over Ramazan moon erupted in the country on Sunday after Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai of the non-official ruet-i-hilal committee of Qasim Ali Khan Mosque announced that evidence of the sighting of moon had been received and Monday would be the first day of the fasting month in Peshawar and adjoining areas.

He said the committee had received five evidences on Sunday night.According to him, the moon was sighted in Rigi, on the outskirts of Peshawar.

But the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and religious scholars belonging to different schools of thought criticised the announcement made by
Mufti Popalzai and affirmed their support for the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee.

Interestingly, the Qasim Khan mosque had earlier convened a meeting of its ruet committee on Monday. But an emergency meeting was held on Sunday night after some people reported to have seen the crescent.

A local ruet committee in Mardan was meeting till late in the night to decide the issue.

According to sources, Ramazan will also begin on Monday in parts of Bajaur and North Waziristan, particularly in Miramshah.

The meeting of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, to be held in Karachi on Monday, will be atten-ded by members of the central and Karachi zonal committees and officials of the meteorological department.

It may be mentioned that Ramazan begins on Monday in most Arab countries, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Peshawer Fashion Show

musiclover — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:25:00 +0000

خوف و دہشت کی فضا میں سانس لینے والے اہلیانِ پشاور نے موسیقی، خوشبو اور رنگوں سے بھری شام منائی۔ فیشن شو بدھ سات اپریل کو منعقد ہوا۔

Peshawer Fashion Masala

musiclover — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:11:51 +0000

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Enviromental degradation

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:44:08 +0000

Experts have stressed the need for taking effective measures on emergency basis to tackle the issue of environmental degradation, which is putting the lives of people in danger.

No wonder Pakistanis like winter

peshawari — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:06:59 +0000

According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, Pakistanis are divided about their preference for winter and summer seasons; while only 13% claim to like summers over winters, 42% said they prefer winters the most, and 40% claim to enjoy both the seasons. With 12 hours of loadshedding, who would want More >