Colamine workers welfare association, will stage a hunger strike today Thursday at Alpuri for seeking rights and legislation for the coalmine labourers. The strike was called by CMWWA a week ago after the government failed in it promise of legislation for the rights and protection of coalminers. Mian Sohrab and Muhammad Gul told Dawn that they have finalised preparations for …

SHANGLA: The four-day special anti-polio campaign will kick off in Shangla from July 15. The drive has been planned after detection of a polio case in Dedal Kamach area of the district last month. This was decided in a meeting chaired by Shangla deputy commissioner Fayaz Khan Sherpao in Alpuri. DHO Mohammad Riaz Khan, EPI coordinator Wajid Ali Khan and …

Residents of Kabalgram staged a protest rally against the delay in construction of Martung-Dedal Kamach road and demanded of the government to remove the rubble lying on the road. The protest was called by Kabalgram Welfare Jirga. They started car rally from Kabalgram and reached Aloch where they gathered outside the AC office. Addressing the protesters, Mukamal Khan, Mohammad Khan …

SHANGLA: Lady health workers have threatened to boycott the upcoming anti-polio drive if their pending salaries were not paid before July 15. They told mediapersons here on Friday that they were performing the polio duty against all odds, but since they joined the project they had received salaries of only three months during the service spanning over 15 months. The …

ALPURI: Residents of Shangla on Friday vowed to socially boycott the drug addicts and peddlers to force them to quit the bad habit. The decision was made at a meeting held at the office of sub-divisional police officer, Alpuri, where local elders, DRC members and social activists were present. SDPO Amjad Khan urged the local notables to cooperate with police …