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An SKKC activist says at least 50 students including seven girls started taking classes at the government primary school Sandana.

Peshawar, city, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. The city lies just west of the Bara River, a tributary of the Kabul River, near the Khyber Pass. The Shahji-ki Dheri mounds, situated to the east, cover ruins of the largest Buddhist stupa in the subcontinent (2nd century ce), which attest the lengthy association of the city with the Buddha and Buddhism. Once the capital of the ancient Buddhist kingdom of Gandhara, the city was known variously as Parasawara and Purusapur...

Say irrigation system in bad shape, tools, fertilisers needed...

KHYBER: The Khyber district administration on Wednesday launched construction of an irrigation channel at the Bara...

Peshawar, city, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northern Pakistan. The city lies just west of the Bara River, a tributary of the Kabul River, near the Khyber Pass. It was once the capital of the ancient Buddhist kingdom of Gandhara. Its inhabitants are mostly Pashtun.

Once complete it would save the irrigation canal from the sewage water as well as garbage

Daily Times August 4, 2021 The “matal” or proverb in Mataloona: Pukhtun Proverbs and Mizh: A Frontier Classic (Oxford University Press, 2020) that I find the most delightfully emblematic of the value of a book such as this, is “(don’t be like) the frog that climbed a clod and said he saw Kabul.” The saying not only captures the dynamic nature of the folk literary genre of the matal itself in its imagery, wisdom and humorous incongruity, but sheds light on the contradictory position of...

The unequal distribution of facilities and amenities is the main reason for the growing urbanisation of Peshawar The city engulfs its pastoral    outskirts Anwar Gul, 66, resides in what was once the most green area of Peshawar city, on the Ring Road in Pishtakhara village. Before the war in Afghanistan, the Ring Road was an isolated and deserted path; it was known for being dangerous after dusk. At the time, Gul’s family would grow wheat, maize, vegetables and flowers on their farmland. Th...

Reforms package ready to streamline Irrigation Dept in KP Peshawar April 28, 2021 PESHAWAR: The Irrigation Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has prepared a comprehensive reforms package to streamline its overall business along modern lines with a special focus on water resource management, revenue generation, protection of water resources, and their efficient utilisation. This was told at a meeting on the reforms of the Irrigation Department held here with Chief Minister Mahmood K...