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 …

SHANGLA: Unemployed youth here have demanded of the government to set up zone-6 for six districts of Malakand and Hazara divisions as the lawmakers had already passed a bill for this purpose in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly last year. The local youth raised the demand on Thursday following an announcement that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister was expected to visit Shangla on …

SHANGLA: The residents of Bisham area have demanded of the government to begin classes in the newly-built government girls primary and middle school, Butyal, saying students aren’t comfortable in rented buildings. They told The Northern Post that the school building was put up last year but the classes had yet to be begun there. “The school has been functioning in …

SHANGLA: Deputy Commissioner Shangla Imran Hussain Ranjha has cancelled the tests being conducted for primary school teachers under National Testing Service in Shangla after leakage of the paper’s answer keys. An order issued by the DC office Shangla on Sunday says that Assistant commissioner revenue Shangla, Azhar Zahoor received the answer keys for the papers before an hour. It said, …

Pattan: At least seven shops were gutted when a fire broke out in one of the shops in Dubair area of Lower Kohistan early in the morning on Monday. Public relation officer at DPO office in Lower Kohistan, Iqbal informed The Northern Post, says the flame was broke out due to cylinder leakage in one of the shops which engulfed …