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Dir Upper (Upper Dir) cities, towns and villages
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DAWN.com
April 26, 2018
The ANP Upper Dir chapter had installed party flags and banners on poles in Dir city as a publicity campaign for the party's public meeting to be addressed by ANP president Asfandyar Wali Khan and provincial president Ameer Haider Khan Hoti in Dir stadium on April 29. The TMA employees removed theÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 16, 2018
The areas which witnessed rain include Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Swat, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan and Abbottabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; ... As per the meteorological department, the minimum temperature was recorded at 27ÃâðC on Monday in the city, while maximum temperature would go asÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 16, 2018
The PTI leader still lives in the city and also owns a house in Upper Dir's Osheri Dara. “Our people are deprived of basic facilities such as roads, schools and hospitals,” she said. “I joined PTI in 2011 to work for the betterment of my people. I had no prior political experience.” Hamida, a mother of six, belongsÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 11, 2018
UPPER DIR: Scores of people, including women and children, took ill owing to suspected food poisoning at a marriage function in Upper Dir on Wednesday. Some of the people, who attended the wedding at Dherai village in Wari town of Upper Dir, consumed meals on Wednesday noon. They startedÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 4, 2018
UPPER DIR: Over 2,800 people of Pacha Kalay and Asharay villages in remote Hattan Dara area near the Afghan border have finally got electricity after a wait of 70 years as two micro hydropower stations were inaugurated here the other day. Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (Pedo) hasÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 4, 2018
Zahid Jan. Three thousand people live in Pacha Kaly and Dheri villages of Upper Dir. They witnessed an electricity supply go on for the first time on their turf today. KP Local Government Minister Inayatullah Khan and MNA Sahibzada Tariqullah inaugurated two mini-hydroelectric powerhouses Wednesday.
Daily Times
April 4, 2018
UPPER DIR: Three thousand people on Wednesday spotted electricity for the first time at the turf of villages Pacha Kaly and Dheri in Upper Dir. The KP local government Minister Inayatullah Khan and MNA Sahibzada Tariqullah inaugurated two mini hydropower plants. The electricity is produced from theÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 30, 2018
The province that is mostly known for its conservative mindset and has an increasing rate of gender-based violence witnessed women of the Upper Dir town exercise their constitutional right to vote after four decades. The last time the women here had voted was in elections in 1977. This historical momentÃâà...
Gulf Today
March 30, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Women in Upper Dir were provided an opportunity of exercising their constitutional right to vote after over four decades as a large number of ... Chukiatan village council's general seat was clinched by PPP candidate Sadiqullah, while for Dir Khan village council's youth seat the PPP candidateÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 9, 2018
PESHAWAR: As the world observed International Women's Day on March 8, elders and parents of the girl students in remote villages of Upper Dir district complained that the government had failed to make any arrangements for the education of their daughters up to matric even in the 21st century.
Pakistan Today
March 8, 2018
Three persons on board identified as Malang Khan and Hazrat Zeb, both residents of Upper Dir, and their lady accomplice Shabana Bibi, a resident of Rawalpindi. In the third operation, ANF Lahore intercepted a motorcycle near Green Town Chowk, Millat Road, Faisalabad and recovered 450 grams ofÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 7, 2018
Peshawar wants increase in education budget, led by 46.57 percent people, followed by health with 33.19 percent votes and trusts village council, led by 50.47 percent for services ... Upper Dir has also shown very strong desire for increase in funds for road infrastructure, comparatively with other options.
The News International (blog)
March 6, 2018
This came as big news as women in Upper Dir and Lower Dir were barred from exercising their right to vote in the local government by-elections in the ... This is especially common in large cities where men and women are seen openly participating in sit-ins and campaigns in favour of political beliefs thatÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 3, 2018
Pakistan- Measles epidemic claims third life in Upper Dir. Date. 3/2/2018 2:26:10 PM ... Three more children have died in the past few days in the two villages including two sons of one, Waheedullah. The deaths of four kids raised concerns among the local residents who demanded of the health authorities to immediatelyÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
February 24, 2018
(MENAFN - Tribal News Network) UPPER DIR: Two children died on Saturday and several others were affected due to measles outbreak in Charkom Payin ... a local resident, told Tribal News Network that his two of his sons died while two more were suffered due to measles that broke out in his village.
The News International (blog)
February 22, 2018
These include Buner, Chitral, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Haripur, Malakand, Nowshera, Shangla, and Swat. At least 15 percent of the total funding is exclusively reserved for women specific projects, while another 6 percent will be awarded to livelihood development projects. Village council development plansÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 20, 2018
The student wing of ANP and a few literary organisations have planned various events to celebrate mother languages in the city. ... He said that unfortunately, several languages in the country were endangered including Bateri, Chiliso in Kohistan, Kalkoti in Upper Dir; Madak, Yadgha, Lashti and Kalasha inÃâà...
The News International (blog)
February 19, 2018
Later as Sub-Divisional Magistrate City for Batkhela in Malakand and District Magistrate in Upper Dir, he remembered sending a number of needy women to the Darul Aman in Mardan. But this old Darul Aman located in a small rented building in a narrow street in Mardan was in a deplorable condition.
DAWN.com
February 17, 2018
Sitara Shams, hailing from Swabi and a student of College of Home Economics, Peshawar, pointed out that women in her village prepared maize flour bread called Da Jawaru Takalai, but Kakorai had its own taste. She said housewives in villages were skilled in preparation of various cuisines andÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 14, 2018
A notification issued by the ECP on Feb 6 said that re-polling would be held on all 45 seats, including tehsil council wards, village councils' general seats, peasant workers, women and youth councillor seats, in eight districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Buner, Shangla, Swat,Ãâà...
DAWN.com
February 12, 2018
In the day, the Upper Dir town received first snowfall in three years. Heavy snow blanketed Lowari Top, Kumrat, Doog Dara and others areas. According to reports, Dir-Lowari Tunnel Road remained close to traffic due to avalanches at various places, including Maina Khwar and near Lowari Tunnel.
UrduPoint News
February 6, 2018
... there is capacity to establish more than 50 Mini Hydel Power Stations which can convert the area into the city of lights. He expressed this while talking to delegation from Dir Upper in Peshawar on Thursday. Senior Minister said that the present provincial government was determined to produce thousandsÃâà...
The News International
February 5, 2018
DIR: The two people buried by an avalanche at Lowari Top in Upper Dir district could not be recovered even after five days as the rescue operation continued for ... A Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) employee, Nooruddin, and his son, residents of Nagar village, were buried under theÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
January 14, 2018
The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, where they all succumbed to their wounds. The police said that the accident occurred due to speeding. The deceased have yet to be identified. On January 12, at least six people were killed and 26 injured when a bus fell into a ditch in Kashmir's Poonch town.
The Express Tribune
January 1, 2018
This was stated by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Innayatullah Khan after breaking ground for the Upper Dir Campus of the ... of the area, noting that it was part of a strategic vision of the provincial government to develop and bring quality education to the people in their own city.
The News International
December 30, 2017
... 14,000 women voters were deprived of their right to cast vote during the local government by-elections of tehsil and village council seats in two Upper Dir districts. There is no doubt that elections 2018 will see a repeat of this pattern not only in Upper Dir, but also in many other governed areas of Pakistan.
DAWN.com
August 8, 2017
Four personnel of the Pakistan Army, including a major, lost their lives while attempting to foil a terrorist attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Upper Dir district ... along with his team carried out an intelligence-based operation (IBO) against a terrorist hideout in in Sheratkal village of Sultankhel Darra, Upper Dir.
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
UPPER DIR: The residents of Gandigar village on Monday staged protest against the proposed shifting of a higher secondary school for girls from the area. ... Holding placards, they also chanted slogans against shifting of the school to another building, situated at a distance from the main town.
Pakistan Observer
December 31, 1999
Partly cloudy weather is also expected in most parts of the region with thunder-rain and gusty winds in Malakand, Swat, Shangla, Chitral, Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts during next 48 hours. The Multan Met office has forecast partly cloudy weather for the city and its suburbs during the next 24 hours.
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