SHANGLA: Heavy snowfall continued for second consecutive day in upper parts of Shangla here on Monday blocking Bisham-Swat road at Shangla top and Alpuri-Puran road at Yakhtangay while the cold weather also forced the hilly areas resident to stay inside the houses. The snowfall at hilly areas and rain in plain areas of Shangla was started on Sunday evening and …

SHANGLA: A new spell of snowfall at upper parts and rain in plain areas started in all parts of Shangla district here on Sunday evening, increasing cold in the area. The snowfall at Kapar Banda, Speen Ghar, Shangla Top, Yakhtangay, Ajmer, Kandaw, Gamtal and other parts of the district had received snowfall while covering its mountains in snow blanket. On …

PESHAWAR: Member provincial assembly Momina Basit has been elected Chairperson Standing Committee on Zakat, Ushar, Social Welfare and Women Empowerment of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. MPA Abdul Ghaffar, Aisha Naeem, Rabia Basri, Zeenat Bibi, Sitara Afreeen, Rehana Ismail, Shagufta Malik, and Nighat Yasmeen have been elected the members of the said committee. The provincial assembly secretariat of the KPK has …

Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is being honoured by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education. Harvard’s Kennedy School said Yousafzai will be awarded the 2018 Gleitsman Award at a ceremony today. Coldplay includes Malala Yousufzai in artwork for upcoming documentary Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was recognised for …

SHANGLA: The district councillors here on Thursday showed concern over delay in release of development funds because of which they could not implement their plans and complete development projects in their respective areas. The district council session was held in Bisham with its convener Kamran Iqbal in the chair. District nazim Niaz Ahmed Khan, deputy commissioner Fayaz Khan Sherpao and …