PESHAWAR: An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted Peshawar and its adjacent areas on Tuesday. The earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale was felt with its epicenter 28 kilometres north of Murghob in Tajikistan reported the US Geological Survey. People rushed out of their homes and offices in panic as the earthquake tremors struck. Earlier, an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale with its epicenter shook 137 kilometers north west of Karachi on Monday, December 23 evening. Prior to that, an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit parts of upper Sindh and Balochistan on Friday, December 20. Frontier Post, Daily Mashriq, The News.
PESHAWAR: Anti polio campaign in North and South Waziristan Agencies and Federal Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) could not be carried out during last two years due to security concerns, increasing fear of spread of polio virus to the children. FATA secretariat on Tuesday said anti polio drive in North and South Waziristan Agencies could not be launched due to security concerns and as such as many as 169,000 children in SWA and 166,000 in NWA have been deprived from administrating polio drops. At least 39,000 children have also been deprived of polio drops in Khyber Agency. The FATA secretariat said that many children have been confirmed polio virus so far and it is feared that the virus would spread in the future if the anti-polio drive did not start in the areas. Frontier Post.
KHYBER AGENCY: Three tribal heart patients, including a woman, out of sixty one died because they did not get timely funds from Atlasi Khyber Endowment Fund (AKEF) owing to delay in release of funds to deserving patients and the busy schedule of political agent Khyber Agency, an official of political administration informed The Frontier Post on Tuesday. Frontier Post.
