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Wali Abad, Abdara, Pawaka locals demand solution to load-shedding

Jirga warns of protest over heavy power loadshedding Peshawar April 15, 2021 PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Qaumi Jirga, an alliance of various political parties, civil society and traders, has expressed concern over excessive electricity load-shedding in Ramazan in the metropolis and surrounding areas. It warned of besieging the Wapda House, Chief Minister’s and Governor’s houses if the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) failed to ensure a smooth power supply to the consumers. The decision...

Colonial intrusion and Pakhtun resistance Opinion April 9, 2021 The new gem from Akbar S Ahmed is a compiled and edited publication of two apparently unrelated, but subtly interlinked manuscripts: A set of Pakhtun proverbs (Mataloona) and a Resident Administrator’s monograph on British government relations with the Mahsud tribe of Waziristan (Mizh). The disjuncture is at the level of form. Mataloona is a set of proverbs about the way life is for Pakhtuns. It has integrity of thought and act...

March 26, 2021 KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Tuesday said that the Afghan National Army (ANA) has managed to prevent destruction of a bridge in Kabul, the capital city. A bomb which was placed by the Taliban militants to demolish a bridge in Abdara area, 19th PD of Kabul, was thwarted by discovering and safely detonating the bomb, MoD said in a statement. “Besides preventing the destruction of the bridge, lives of tens of civilians were saved by ANA forces after they safely detonate...