200 patients operated upon in free eye camp in Parachinar

Breaking News

Accountability court rejects Ishaq Dar’s plea from court appearance An accountability court on Monday rejected Finance Minister’s plea for exemption from appearance before the court for future hearings....
Parents, families appeal Afghan government to recover missing picnickers Parents of the missing 17 picnickers on Sunday appealed Afghan Taliban and Afghan government to locate whereabouts of their children and ensure their safe recovery....
Separate wards for old age people in KP hospitals In a bid to facilitate the older people, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department on Sunday asked hospital administration to set up separate ward for old age patients....
Unknown persons kidnap Journalist in Charsadda Unknown armed persons on Sunday reportedly picked up a local journalist Shah Nawaz Tarakzai from Shahbqadar Media Center....
WHO report shows fall in dengue larva at houses in most affected areas of Peshawar World Health Organisation on Sunday in its report said that number of dengue cases has been reduced considerably in most affected localities of provincial capital....

FATA

Back To Homepage

November 12, 2016

PARACHINAR, 12 November: A three-day free eye camp was held at the agency headquarters hospital of Kurram agency here on Saturday.

The camp was set up with the assistance of the Fata secretariat and the Fata health services. Assistant political agent Shahid Ali Khan said that as many as 200 eye patients were operated upon during three-day camp. He added that free medicines were also provided to the patients.

The official informed that it was the first phase of the free eye camp, adding the second free eye camp would be arranged in Sadda.

He said the purpose of holding the camp was to provide free and quality treatment to poor tribesmen who could not afford the expenses of the surgery.

The local tribesmen have also welcomed the government for holding the camp. A tribesman Noor Qambar while talking to TNN said they are thankful the agency surgeon Dr. Moeen Begum who arranged the camp for poor patients.

Comments

Share this on WhatsApp

Scroll Back To Top

FEATURES & INTERVIEWS – LATEST

Food for thought; Chitralis pay less for tomato during shortage
The recent tomato shortage that hit the market taking its rates cross Rs300 per kilogram across the country, Chitral is the only area where tomato was available to its residents at much lower rates.
Students attending classes in Charsadda school declared unsafe by C&W Department
The Construction and Works Department has declared the building of Boys Primary School in Dadu Killi in Charsadda as unusable and unsafe, but boys continue to attend their classes in the building.
‘Help Us Stand on Our Own Feet’: Lives of Kabul’s Long-Term Displaced
“Ghani Sahib promised that he will donate the land to me, but it was a not a real promise,” he said, referring to the president. In the absence of formal land rights, Tawoos and hundreds of others living at the camp are considered informal residents or, worse, squatters
The Brave Female Activists Who Fought to Lift Saudi Arabia’s Driving Ban
Until 1990, there was a customary ban on women driving. During the first Gulf War, Saudi women could not fail to notice that female American soldiers based in Saudi Arabia drove freely through military bases while they could not.

Most Popular

Khasaddars of North Waziristan hold Jirga in Bannu against stoppage of salaries

Read Full Article

Captain among five soldiers martyred in 3 blasts in Kurram

Read Full Article

JUI-F Fata Youth Conference a flop show: Shah Jee Gul

Read Full Article

Peace activist Gul-e-Afshan reaches Swat on motorbike to give message of peace

Read Full Article

Unknown persons kidnap Journalist in Charsadda

Read Full Article

Fata Reforms

Political parties, Pakhtunkhwa Olasi Tehrik press govt for early implementation of FATA reforms
The issue of administrative reforms in FATA is being discussed on the national level for the last two years. However, the process has faced delays due to political and other differences. The FATA Political Alliance and Pakhtunkhwa Olasi Tehreek have started protests and sit-ins to pressurise the government to accelerate the reforms process and abolish the controversial Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) law.
FATA reforms process gets momentum after the election of PM Abbasi
The FATA reforms process which was initiated in 2015 saw delays due to differences among different political parties over the mode of reforms as well as the confused approach adopted by the government towards the issue.The government had apparently put the issue on the back burner until new prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his cabinet revived the process and directions were issued on 13 September, 017 to bring a new draft law in place of Riwaj Act.

TDPs

Families suffer from lack of internet and mobile services in areas of return
Following repatriation to natives towns, the returned families especially youth have been facing immense problems due to unavailability of internet and 3G services in tribal agencies. Though tribes seem satisfied with pace of reconstruction and rehabilitation process but what concern them is the non-availability of cellular phones, internet services that concern the tribal people especially […]
Post-repatriation opportunities and challenges of Technical education in FATA
The government has allocated Rs 600 million to promote technical education and enroll maximum students at technical educational institutions in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). The amount is said to be spent on construction of new technical institutes, make the closed institute functional and equip them with modern facilities. This was revealed by Fata Development […]

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
« Sep
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

FATA & KP News – Latest News from Fata & KP at Radio TNN

FATA