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2015-06-21 India-Pakistan
Scores injured in Swat scuffles
[DAWN] SWAT: Over 50 people were taken to hospital after they were maimed in scuffles over petty issues on the first and second day of Ramazan in Swat.

The scuffles took place during daytime in markets and bazaars over small issues. Extreme hot weather and severe loadshedding were reportedly the major causes which fueled the fights.

"There were over 50 maimed in Saidu Teaching Hospital's casualty ward last nigScores injured in Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
scufflesht. Unfortunately, absence of doctors and nursing staff made the situation worse. The maimed were lying here and there waiting for first aid," Hassan Chattan, a social activist, told Dawn on Saturday. He said that many maimed brought before Iftar were waiting for treatment in the hospital. A resident, Saeedur Rehman, said that there were only two nurses to attend to the patients screaming with pain.

When contacted, MPA Fazal Hakim reached the hospital along the STH medical superintendent. However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
family members and friends of the injured complained that they could not solve the problem of medical staff shortage.

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the pastor had finally been wrestled from the pulpit.
Y'got the wrong guy! he yelled just before Sergeant Malone's billy club landed...

duration of the power loadshedding was extended to 18 hours in Swat, creating severe problems for the people.

"We did Iftar and Sehr in the darkness and also offered Taraveeh without electricity. We are surprised that the electricity disappeared in Ramazan when people needed it most," Karim Khan, a resident of Mingora, said.

Residents of Saidu Sharif, Shagai and suburb areas staged a protest against prolonged power loadshedding. The protesters marched from Saidu Sharif and gathered in front of MPA Fazal Hakim's house to record their protest. After assurance of the MPA, they dispersed peacefully.
Posted by Fred 2015-06-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 Extreme hot weather
Yeah, climate change will make people crazy.
Posted by Skidmark 2015-06-21 10:05||   2015-06-21 10:05|| Front Page Top

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