Thursday, September 18,
2008
PESHAWAR: NWFP Government on Thursday finalized arrangements for a bus
service to be run exclusively for women in Peshawar.
Peshawar
District Nazim Haji Ghulam Ali told Geo News that separate bus for
women was the need of time, adding women and female students would
benefit from the service.
He said these buses would be exempted from all kind of taxes. He
announced separate bus stands would also be built for women.
The
transporters will be provided special packages and services, Ali said,
adding all other arrangements including purchase of new buses have been
finalized.
Matric
9th/10th Results are out
The
matric board exam results are out. Wajeeha Tauqir from University Model
School topped the Science group with 831 marks. The
following is the list
of position holders.
Parking
fee at Peshawar Airport
Haroon
Khan, Peshawar. Monday, December 24, 2007
I recently went to Peshawar International Airport to receive my cousin.
I was shocked to discover that even pedestrians who don’t use the car
park facility have to purchase a Rs20 ticket. It is totally
unjustifiable on the part of the authorities concerned to charge
pedestrians for using the airport premises. I request them to abolish
the fee as it doesn’t make much sense to fleece the common people for
no reason.
Peshawar
Islamia College upgraded to university level
12/5/2007
PESHAWAR: The upgrading of the historic Islamia College to the status
of a full-fledged university was announced at the general body meeting
of the Senior Alumni Association here Tuesday.
NWFP Governor Lt Gen (retd) Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai, who himself is
an old Islamian, made the announcement and renamed the historic
institution as the Islamia College University (ICU).
The meeting was largely attended by old as well as new Islamians
besides the students of newly-established girls section of the college.
"The Islamia College Peshawar stands upgraded to a university," the
governor announced.
Aurakzai said that Islamia College qualified in all respects to be made
a university and all the procedures for upgrading the college to a
university level had been considered. He announced an initial amount of
Rs 500 million for the creation of the university.
"It has been the long cherished desire of everyone attached to this
prestigious institution, which has materialized today," he said.
Caretaker NWFP Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk, Provincial Minister and
Chairman Senior Alumni Association Azam Khan and Islamia College
Principal Prof Nisar Mohammad Nisar were also present on the occasion.
The governor said that the college had covered a lot of ground during
the preceding years. He made a special mention of the proposed Islamia
College at Swabi, saying that it would be constructed on the pattern of
the Islamia College, Peshawar. "The building will be the same, the
layout more or less will be the same and even the names of the hostels
will be the same," he added.
Aurakzai said that land for the college at Swabi had been acquired and
funds were being generated. He hoped that the construction would start
in June next and an amount of Rs 200 million had already been allocated
for the purpose.
The governor also announced Rs 2.5 million for grant of different
scholarships to students of the Islamia College Peshawar and its girls
section. These include 50 scholarships – 35 for boys and 15 for girls –
Rs 0.7 million for the Senior Alumni Association scholarships and 100
scholarships for students from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
studying in universities and institutions anywhere in the country.
Irfan
Khan performs live at Boston
Nov 24th 2007. Popular pashto artist Irfan Khan
performed live at Boston in a unique pashto concert. The event was
organized by New England Pakhtoon Association (NEPA), a group that
promotes pashto culture and music in Boston area. People from various
walks of life travelled from around including neighbouring states of
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hemshire to participate in the event.
Irfan Khan revealed that this was his first solo performance as he
entertained the crowd with songs from his first Album 'Brekhna'.
Peshawar,
Nowshera residents complain about low gas pressure (The News)
Friday,
December 14, 2007
By Nisar Mahmood
PESHAWAR: The winter has once again brought miseries to the residents
of the NWFP, particularly the provincial metropolis, in the shape of
low pressure of natural gas and power load-shedding.
Residents in many localities of the capital city have complained of low
pressure of gas that has put domestic consumers in trouble.
Gas pressure remains low, particularly at peak hours in localities like
Gulberg, Khyber Super Market, Army Officers Colony, Hayatabad, Kohat
Road, University Town, etc, putting housewives in trouble while
preparing dinner and breakfast. The pressure comes down early in the
morning and evening.
In some areas, residents have also complained about power
load-shedding. The people of the NWFP are suffering gas load-shedding
and low pressure despite the fact that a new pipeline was laid last
year.
ÒIt takes hours to prepare breakfast or dinner,Ó said a housewife in
Gulberg, adding that it was the beginning of winter. ñGod knows better
what would be the situation if the chill grows.î
ÒGas load-shedding and low pressure has made the lives of dwellers
difficult as they are facing problems in cooking meals and heating
rooms in the chilly weather conditions,Ó said Mian Riazul Haq Bacha,
the Naib Nazim of Hayatabad.
Many localities of the posh township were facing the shortage problem,
he told The News.
Muhammad Ikram, an office boy at Khyber Super Market, said preparing
tea was taking half-an-hour due to the low pressure of gas. The
pressure remains low from evening to late night and sometimes even up
to morning, he said.
Our correspondent adds from Nowshera: The residents of Nowshera Kalan
have warned of launching protest movement if the SNGPL authorities did
not stop gas load-shedding in the area. They said that unannounced
load-shedding of natural gas had been started in Mohalla Samandar
Garhi, Shah Mir Garhi, Abakhel, New Abakhel, Khatokhel, Malikabad,
Basrakhel and Shah Hussani.
The residents were facing great hardships because of gas shortage. Nawa
Kely Union Council Nazim Hakim Ali Haqqani warned of staging protest on
Friday if the gas problem was not resolved.
However, SNGPL Deputy Chief Engineer Momin Khan when contacted told The
News there was no problem of gas load-shedding or low pressure. The
problem has been resolved after a new pipeline was laid and now gas
pressure and supply is satisfactory, he claimed.
The low pressure, if any, could be because of some technical problem
that would be removed, he said, adding that they did not receive any
complaint in this regard.
They
don't make him like him anymore. Maverick, magician, mad! Just some of
the words one could associate with Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan
Afridi — yes that is his full name — though the world knows him as
Shahid Afridi. If ever there needed proof that a sound technique is not
imperative to a player's success, Afridi is the man to look up.
Blessed
with ridiculous natural talent — most of which is utilised in smacking
a leather ball to all parts of a cricket ground — Afridi has been
Pakistan's trump card on many a occasion. Though Geoffrey Boycott
doesn't buy the 'fact', Afridi is 27-years-old, and one of the more
experienced members of a Pakistan team, which is in rebuild mode.
Afridi
has often displayed a fondness to the Indian bowlers and with pitches
in the forthcoming series looking like they could very well be flat
'highways', this Pathan from Peshawar could send India on the highway
to hell, and within a matter of no time, at that too.
Governor
praises peoples efforts to help survivors (Dawn)
PESHAWAR, Oct 8: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai
has said the earthquake of 8th October, 2005 was a test for the nation.
?It is a matter of great satisfaction that we confronted the challenges
with the spirit of a united nation,? he remarked. He said this while
speaking as chief guest at the prize-distribution ceremony of a
declamation contest for students on the campus of the Hazara
University, Mansehra, on Monday.
The governor said: ?History is testimony to the reality that whenever
we faced any such test, we faced that as a united nation and this in
fact must be a great honour for all of us collectively.?
The governor said the disastrous situation emerging in the wake of the
quake moved the entire nation right from Karachi to Khyber and the
people demonstrated the highest spirit of brotherhood in helping their
needy countrymen.
Indeed, he remarked, living nations learnt from the experiences of
their past and with this aspect in mind, 8th October got the status of
a national day, like March 23 and August 14.
However, he remarked, after relief and rehabilitation activities the
re-construction process is in progress and it is our utmost desire to
continue this struggle till the complete dispensation of damages.
No doubt, Mr Aurakzai said, both humanitarian and property losses,
caused because of the earthquake were highly unfortunate, yet we have
our eyes on the future now and enthusiastically participate in the
rehabilitation struggle like a living nation.
Referring to developmental activities, the governor pointed out that
since the hour of test is over, now many opportunities have emerged in
the wake of the re-construction process.
Creation of job opportunities, he added, is one such example and there
is need to fully capitalize them.
At the same time, he said, we must also have to prepare ourselves to
face any such difficulty in future too and fortunately
institutionalised arrangements are in progress in this connection.
He expressed determination that we would emerge successful as a nation
in all the challenges. The governor also stressed the need for ensuring
quality work in re-construction activities.
About Pekhawar
Founded
over 2,000 years ago by the Kushan Kimgs of Gandhara, Peshawar has had
almost as many names as rulers. Moghal emperor Akbar, formally gave the
city the name Peshawar which means "The Place at the Frontier". Earlier
it had been known as the "City of Flowers" and the "City of Grains".
Until the mid-fifties Peshawar was enclosed witin a city wall and
sixteen gates. Of the old city gates the most famous was the Kabuli
Gate but only the name remains now. It leads out of the Khyber and on
to Kabul.
One of the main attractions of Peshawar is Qissa Khwani Bazaar. Here
perhaps visiting travellers or the relaxing townesmen were regaled with
stories by professional story-tellers, in the evening, in the many
tea-shops. Hence the name Qissa Khwani (story telling). The tea-shops
still adorn the bazaar front with their large brass samovars and
numerous hanging teapots and tea-cups, though the legendary
story-tellers are nowhere to be seen.
Handicrafts such as engraved and embossed jars, bowls, ewers, plates
and jewelry etc., can be found at other famous bazaars of Peshawar
which include: The Khyber Bazaar, Bird Bazaar, Fruit Bazaar, Basket
Bazaar, Andershehr Bazaar, Jewelry Bazaar, Meena Bazaar for women and
Mochilara (Shoemakers' Bazaar.)
In fact, the variety of craft in which Peshawar excells even today is
amazing and this is a part of the city's character often eclipsed by
it's martial tradition. Remember that it was in this valley of Peshawar
that there flourished that remarkable school of Gandhara Sculpture
(roughly from from the first century B.C. to the fifth century A.D.),
which is one of the glories of Pakistan's heritage. The prime
attraction in this region is the Khyber Pass (shown above) situated in
the Sulaiman Hills which form the Western barrier of Pakistan. The
hills dip down here, leaving a passage sometimes as broad as one mile
and sometimes as narrow as fifty-two feet. The pass begins near Jamrud
Fort, eleven miles from Peshawar and extends beyoiund the border of
Pakistan at Torkham, thirty six miles away.
Okay so that was the formal stuff. It's a conservative city i guess
with double standards. It's small..more like a town so it's easy to go
anywhere in a short time. It's a close knitted community and you get to
know almost everyone in a little while. The teenage hangouts are FEW
and the thrill of the evening for a gang is screeching the car around.
Duh.
Arts and culture is almost non-existent. So no art displays or theatre.
It's great for shopping. We've the nation wide famous Bara Market
(smuggled maal). We also have Saddar bazar. It's cheap here y'know.
Loads of restrictions for females (which is good in a way).
Don't think it's boring people. Everything happens here but very
secretly. Know what I mean?
Idher ka paani bohat meetha hai waise. The water is really sweet.
at Peshawar Airport
PESHAWAR, Oct 8: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai
has said the earthquake of 8th October, 2005 was a test for the nation.