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Glimpse of my father’s front yard in Peshawar #throwback #peshawar #home #garden #frontyard #naturephotography
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REPOST PLEASE: We, at Azaad Pakistan, are sending mails to the survivors of the Peshawar Attack. To all those innocent kids at APS who saw their friends being brutally massacred right in front of them. Let’s tell them, we stand beside them in all their sorrows. And we are extremely blessed to have these brave children as a part of our nation. We are proud of them! Send your letters at [email protected] Facebook statuses can’t do a lot for the survivors whose lives have been disturbed forever. Your few kind words definitely can.
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On the 16th of December 2014, the Army Public School in Peshawar was targeted by Tehrik-e-Taliban. In their classrooms, books were replaced by bullets. 132 innocent lives were lost and these were school children who were eight to eighteen years old. We can’t bring them back, but we can share the pain of the loved ones they left behind; the brave souls who are dealing with this unimaginable loss every day.
Azaad Pakistan is running a letter writing activity for the friends of the victims, and the survivors of the APS Peshawar Attack. In this letter writing activity we are inviting you to talk to the students at APS, to give them strength and to tell them that their pain hasn’t been forgotten.
Your letters would be delivered to the students directly in APS Peshawar. Please be kind and do not express anger or hate in your letters. While you’re writing these letters, please remember that these are for kids.
Send your letters by December 11, 2015 to [email protected]
PS: You don’t have to be a Pakistani to be a part of this initiative.
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This is the representation from Azaad Pakistan which visited the GHQ to meet the Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Shareef.
It was a sheer privilege visiting GHQ and seeing the level of interest from the Army Chief. We were welcomed warmly and we discussed with the chief how the campaign was run, how we managed to collect 6500+ letters and how we can work with army in the future.
We’re highly thankful to chief for his amazing gesture. Thankyou for all those who played a part in this campaign surely it was your support which made it all possible.
Today we officially wrap #RangLayeGaLahu
From left to right: (Ghalib, Sajeel, Urooba, Mahnoor, Amna, Zahra, Mehr, Haris, Haris)
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Imran Khan gave a challenge of Rs. 1 Billion to Pakistan for curing Cancer for the underprivileged people of our country. The people of Pakistan have gone beyond the challenge and reached Rs 1.10 Billion in donations.
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Dilip Kumar’s Peshawar home declared national heritage
Manzoor Ali Memon, spokesperson of Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, told the TOI over phone that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has declared the ancestral house of the actor in Peshawar’s Qissa Khawani Bazaar as national heritage.
Memon added that the government would turn the house into a museum that would depict the journey of the legendary actor from Peshawar to Mumbai. A gallery would also be dedicated to the actor.
The Pakistani government would also invite Dilip Kumar for the inauguration ceremony. (more)
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – the other side of the picture
“Gone are the days when law and order would keep the investors away from investment in particular area,” said Raziuddin, CEO of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company.
“Chinese are working in Karak, a southern district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rich with oil and gas. Thanks to video-conference facility, Beijing and Karak are in touch and doing business,” said Mr Raziuddin while talking about the rich oil and gas prospects of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in an event held recently. Security concerns may have been hurdle to the full exploitation of the potential of the area, still 10 companies are working in Southern districts rich with oil and gas, he said.
“Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is not as dangerous as Siberia or other countries in Africa where companies are working in oil and gas fields,” he said.
While he talked of how with just 10 million dollars any one could invest in oil and gas as the KPOGC was going to help with all the formalities, some investors from Gulf already seemed to have started taking interest. (more)
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Zinc deficiency affects around 17% of the world’s population, mostly in developing countries. In Pakistan, the most recent national nutrition survey indicated that over 40% of women are zinc deficient. Stunted growth and development in children, increased susceptibility to infections, and complications during pregnancy and childbirth are just some of the consequences of zinc deficiency. Potentially leading to severe illness and death, this seemingly invisible deficiency has a negative economic impact on the family, the community, and the region more broadly.
So in May 2017 a group of researchers from the University of Central Lancashire started investigating whether a newly developed strain of biofortified wheat could increase dietary zinc intake in Pakistan by integrating the wheat into normal eating habits, and is being used is used to make chapattis – a staple food in the brick kiln communities of Peshawar.
Biofortified crops are developed using conventional plant breeding techniques, like cross-breeding standard varieties with their wild relatives over several generations. This means that biofortified crops are often more resilient to pests, diseases, higher temperatures and drought, as well as having higher micronutrient concentrations, such as zinc.
The trials were successfully completed in February this year, and the team are heading out to Pakistan this month to meet with research partners. The next steps are laboratory analysis, data entry and statistical analysis, and the team hope they will show improved zinc status associated with consuming bio-fortified zinc flour.
