SHANGLA: Police martyrs day celebrated in police line Shangla on Sunday to remember those rendered their lives in the line of duty for peace in Shangla. The event was held at police line in Alpuri, where member national assembly, Doctor Ibadullah Khan was the chief guest, DPO Shangla Syed Rasool Shah, Assistant commissioner Alpuri, Fidaul-Karim, SDPOs, SHOs, LG members, local …

SHANGLA: The people of Bisham tehsil blocked Karakoram Highway and shopkeepers observed shutter down strike on Thursday to protest delay in making operational the 132KV grid station. The protesters reached the power house of Khan Khwar project from different areas of Bisham and blocked KKH to traffic. Call for the protest was given by a local jirga. Addressing the protesters, …

SHANGLA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has a number of unexplored tourist resorts having huge potential to attract nature-lovers from across the country and abroad if the government does the proper projection and provides the required facilities. Speen Ghar (white mountain) valley in Shangla district is one such attraction. Lying afoot the mountain covered with snow throughout the year, the valley’s …

SHANGLA: The participants at a seminar on Tuesday stressed the need for registration of women as voters by facilitating them in making their national identity cards. Sustainable Development Society (SDS) arranged the public forum in Bisham, where local government members, NGOs’ representatives and social activists were in attendance. “We are conducting sessions for awareness and identification of women still unregistered …

SHANGLA: About 175,000 children under five years of age were administered polio vaccine during a five-day case response special anti-polio drive concluded in Shangla district on Friday. Dr Wajid Ali, EPI coordinator, told reporters that the emergency anti-polio campaign concluded successfully by achieving the target. “This time the concept of drive and working plan was different as both the internal …