Gul Afsar had been working as a coal worker for 22 years in a coalmine at Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa before he developed what is known as the black lung disease. Also known as coalminer’s pneumoconiosis (CWP), he has been living with the condition for the last nine years. “My brother also died after four years battling with the …

SHANGLA: The deputy commissioner Shangla, Hamid Ur Rehman has said that 3.7 million saplings to be planted and 1.2 million would be distributed among the public across the district in spring tree plantation campaign. The DC Shangla Hamid Ur Rehman was addressing launching ceremony of the spring tree plantation here on Wednesday at DC office in Alpuri. Divisional forest officer, …

SHANGLA: KP Minister for Culture and Labour Shaukat Yousafzai said on Saturday that the youth must learn different skills as huge opportunities for skillful youth would soon appear under various projects of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He was addressing the certificates and toolkits distribution ceremony for the youth of district Shangla at Bisham. The ceremony was organized under …

A private Meezan bank in Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has rejected a bank account titled Hazara Transgender Associate private limited by declaring their earnings un-Islamic, however, the bank official says the account rejected by the head office for different reasons. Nadra Khan, who is president of the Hazara transgender Association and youth senator of Pakistan, claimed while talking to …

SHANGLA: The local residents of Shangla have demanded of the government to ensure the rights of local people in the 11.80 Megawatt Karora Hydro Power project which is near to opening in the next few months. The local elders of the district Shangla, particularly of Kana and Alpuri tehsils, have announced a grand jirga on January, 25 for seeking rights …