UoP Staff Lock Down Administration Block Over Two Months of Unpaid Salarie
PESHAWAR – The locks went on before the demands went out. Employees at the University of Peshawar shuttered the administration department this week, refusing to let it reopen until two months of unpaid salaries finally show up in their accounts. For the protesting staff, the math has simply stopped working. Two consecutive months without pay […]
Peshawar Is Drowning in Its Own Shopping Bags —And the Monsoon Hasn’t Even Arrived Yet
PESHAWAR – Walk past any drain in Peshawar this week and you’ll see it: a black tangle of plastic bags, half-submerged, going nowhere. That’s the city’s drainage system now — not broken by age, but strangled by shopping bags nobody was supposed to be selling in the first place. The irony is hard to miss. […]
Polio Oversight Board Delegation Reaffirms Commitment to Help Pakistan Eradicate Polio
PESHAWAR – A high-level delegation from the Polio Oversight Board (POB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has arrived in Pakistan to assess current eradication efforts. The international representatives met with senior leadership from the country’s anti-polio program at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) in Islamabad. During the strategic session, local officials delivered a […]
Thar Block II Strengthens Pakistan’s Energy Security with 7 Years of Continuous Operations
PESHAWAR – The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) and Engro Powergen Thar Limited (EPTL) have marked seven years of commercial operations at Thar Block II. This milestone highlights a significant shift in national power dynamics. The integrated mine-mouth venture successfully hit its commercial operations date on July 10, 2019, consistently generating power since inception. […]