KOHISTAN: District Education Officer Kolai Pallas Kohistan shot dead by unknown assailants at his office here on Saturday, local people of Shangla blocked Karakoram Highway along the dead body and staged protest. District Police Officer, Kolai Pallas Kohistan, Mukhtiar Ahmed, said initially the police were informed by the office staff that their DEO is lying in a pool of blood …

SHANGLA: Coalmine workers rights activists in Shangla blocked the Bisham-Swat road in Alpuri chowk on Monday protesting against mines tragic incidents where hundreds of Shangla workers have lost their lives which they termed negligence of the mines authorities. The protest was called by Pakistan Central Mines labour federation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter to celebrate the mines worker’s health and safety day. …

SHANGLA: Chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has said that the policy they passed which will be implemented is not for privatization of health department, the doctors strike is unlawful. The chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was addressing a public meeting here at Bisham on Thursday. Awami National Party former president Haji Saeed Fareen along his supporters announced joining the Pakistan …

“People insist on to only stain on the left pinky of their children and not administer polio drops during door to door anti-polio vaccination campaigns and they think children die with the vaccines and it is the Non-Muslims agenda against Muslims for family planning,” A polio team member revealed. World Health Organization and government of Pakistan are jointly making efforts …

SHANGLA: Bats have attacked orchards of different fruits in Shangla, causing heavy losses to the owners by damaging ripe fruits. The contractors and owners of the orchards said here on Sunday that a type of bats (Lubee bats) for the first time attacked the fruit orchards in Bisham and other parts of Shangla district where the bats ate and destroyed …