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10/08/2023

27/08/2022

The recent rain-induced floods are called " Climate-inducted Humanitarian Crisis of Epic Proportions" by the government of Pakistan. Around 30 million people are displaced due to flash floods in different parts of the country. A report reveals that a fund worth RS 72 billion is required to help the flood victims as the biggest challenge of their rehabilitation is still ahead. The government will have to establish thousands of new houses for homeless. Presently, they need food items; they are looking for medical help; for blankets; for tents; and for clothes.
Every penny counts!
Donate whatever you can. Just visit the nearby camps and contact the representatives of relief organizations whom you trust. We are not suggesting any NGO to you, neither are we collecting funds. This message is being shared for public awareness.

Thank you!

Editor
The Galies

05/06/2022

ABBOTTABAD: Heavy fire engulfs the Thai Forest. Police and Rescue 1122 are jointly carrying out the operation to control the blaze.

11/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The annual Matriculation examination will commence on 13th May-2022 under Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Abbottabad. A total of 126329 students are appearing in the examination from all across Hazara Division. The Board has established 499 centers in different districts. According to Zafar Arbab Abbasi-the Secretary BISE, Monitoring Staff includes 499 superintendents whereas 7640 others will perform their duties at the centers. The closed-circuit cameras have also been installed at 300 centers to prevent cheating. A control room has been established at the Board Office to monitor such activities. The Matric examination will end on 31st May after which, the intermediate examination will be conducted that is scheduled to commence on 10th June-2022.

08/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan lashed out at the local leadership over poor arrangements for the public gathering. A video went viral on social media showing the ex-premier being angry at the leaders from Abbottabad. Imran Khan said," You arranged the show in such a small ground."
A day before the public gathering, Mushtaq Ghani, the Acting Governor, had said that the College Ground could not accommodate people in such a large number. Surprisingly, the PTI leadership didn't change the venue despite expecting a huge participation in view of the recent campaign launched by Imran Khan throughout the country.

08/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: Around fifteen to twenty thousand people attended PTI' s power show in Abbottabad on Sunday. According to analysts, the total capacity of College Ground is 15 thousand, with additional accommodation of five thousand people in the adjacent area. The participants included PTI workers who came from different parts of Hazara whereas, a large number of non-political citizens also attended the show to listen to Imran Khan's speech. The stage activities were conducted by PTI leaders Ali Asghar Khan and Ali Khan Jadoon. Meanwhile, the people complained about the sound system that wasn't clear except to the ones who were on stage. A total of 700 policemen were deployed to provide security to public gathering. Apart from that, Seven walkthrough gates were installed to avoid any untoward situation. The ground was divided into two portions, one for men and the other for women. The local leadership had arranged separate entry points for the women in front of DHQ hospital. The two-step stage showed PTI's prime leadership on the top while divisional and provincial leaders were having their seats at the second step.
As per the schedule, the timing for Imran Khan's address was at 2 o'clock that was extended to 5 as former Prime Minister arrived in Jalsagah in the afternoon.
Earlier, Imran Khan was received by the Acting Governor KPK Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani at the helipad.

06/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The police on Friday arrested the young tiktoker who a day before, had set the woods on fire in Kharian and uploaded the video on social media. Abdul Wahid was immediately traced by the police soon after the complaints and was sent to prison. A case has been registered against the culprit in the Cantt Police Station.
It is pertinent to mention here that Abbottabad Police has taken action against many culprits during the past months who committed crimes and uploaded videos on social media. The crimes included display of arms and aerial firing. Meanwhile, the people have appreciated the police for curbing the lawlessness in the city.

05/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's local leadership has arranged a separate entry point for the women ahead of the 8th May's show in Abbottabad.
While addressing a meeting held at Ali Asghar Khan's residence, Members of the Provincial Assembly Momina Basit said the special entry point was established in front of the DHQ hospital. She said women would be facilitated in all aspects during the public gathering. Momina appealed to the women to show their presence on the occasion so that they could play their role in protecting their freedom and dignity against foreign powers.

05/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: Two separate meetings were held to finalize the preparations for former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Power show, scheduled to be held on 8th May at the College Ground in Abbottabad. The first meeting was arranged at Jadoon House which was attended by Acting Governor KPK Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani, former MNA Ali Khan Jadoon, MPA Qalandar Khan Lodhi, MPA Monina Basit, Ali Aghar Khan, former MNA Dr. Azhar Jadoon and others. The second meeting was held at the residence of Ali Asghar Khan, attended by the same leaders. They asked the divisional office bearers to mobilize the workers for the show.
Later, while talking to media, Mushtaq Ghani said that College could not accommodate the people in such a large number, adding that they had no other place where public gathering could be held. He once again appealed to the masses to support Imran Khan's narrative if they wanted to protect their freedom from American influence.

05/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: Two members of a family were killed while three others sustained critical injuries when a tourists' car met an accident at Kala Pani area of Thandiani on Thursday. The family belonged to Lahore. Meanwhile, the injured were shifted to hospital for an emergency treatment. The locals told that the family, hailing from Mughalpura, was going to Thandiani on a picnic. A large number of people gathered at the place to carry out the rescue operation.

03/05/2022

BATTAGRAM:
Two people killed while three others injured during the Eid prayer after a clash between two groups.

03/05/2022

BATTAGRAM: At least two people were killed while three others were critically injured at Eid prayer during a clash between two groups early this morning. According to sources, the deceased belonged to Qanjbori, a locality of District Battagram. Both the groups had come to Tableeghi Markaz for Eid prayer. Meanwhile, the police cordoned off the area soon after the incident whereas deadbodies and injured were shifted to DHQ hospital. So far, no arrests have been made.

02/05/2022

Galyat

02/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: A wild fire engulfed the Maria Mandroch forest that was put out by Rescue 1122 after a tough operation that continued for two hours. The firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to adjacent areas. The cause of the fire, that burned down scores of trees, could not be ascertained.

02/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: Police arrested several people who were involved in aerial firing on Chand Raat in different localities of Abbottabad. The grand operation was launched over media reports and dozens of cases were registered within a few hours. The District Police Officer has once again appealed to the masses to abstain from violation of law, adding that a strict action will be taken against those who are creating law and order situation in the city. Earlier, the newly appointed DPO Sajjad Khan had released a video message on social media, warning the community that violators of law would spend their Eid in jail. The locals have lauded the police administration for its quick to the complaints against aerial firing.

02/05/2022

Thanks to all mothers, sisters and daughters for everything they did to make this Ramazan a blessing for us. They were preparing for Sahar while we were falling in a deep sleep. They washed the dishes, cleaned the houses and looked after the kids. They prepared the breakfast for the children and sent them to school at the time when we were sound asleep. They also cooked for Iftar. Sometimes they felt sick but they knew that there was no other to carry out all this stuff. All the while, they had to offer their prayers and didn't miss a single moment to please Allah. In a nutshell, they sacrificed their comfort for us whereas we were on beds, scrolling down Facebook for many many hours.
Thank you! Thank you iron ladies!

(Syed Azam Shah)

01/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The controversy continued to stir up in Hazara over sighting of moon after the Deputy Commissioner of Abbottabad announced that Eid would be celebrated on Monday. In the meantime, a statement made by the District Khateeb circulated on social media, quoting him as saying" tomorrow is 30th Ramazan".
It all happened when a tensed period of moon-sighting continued for several hours, even after the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee made the decision that Eid will be observed on Thuesday, 3rd May across the country, announcing that no testimony of moon-sighting was received from any part of the country. However, M***i Poplazai from Peshawar claimed to have received around 130 sightings of the moon on the basis of which, the KP government announced Eid on Monday, 2nd May-2022.
In a surprise move, the Deputy Commissioner of Abbottabad announced that Eid would be celebrated according to decision made by the provincial government which was rejected by the Ulema committee of Abbottabad, who later on, made it clear that no Eid is going to be celebrated in Abbottabad on May 2 [today]. Within no time, the Deputy Commissioner had to reannounce that Eid would be celebrated according to the decision of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee. Meanwhile, the Acting Governor KPK Mushtaq Ghani, who belongs to Abbottabad, said people of Hazara would follow the of Central Committee as they had been doing in the past.
During this period, thousands of Facebook posts were seen, discussing the moon-sighting as people were unsure whether Eid would be celebrated the next day or not. Hence, Hazara Division will observe Eid-ul-Fitr following the announcement of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.

01/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The newly appointed District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Khan has deployed lady Police constables at different markets to ensure law-enforcement during Eid shopping. According to police, the main objective of the initiative is to provide security to women as well as to prevent any untoward incident at the busy shopping malls where a large number of women visit to buy items.
People have lauded the new DPO for devising an effective security plan through mobilization of lady police constables to facilitate the masses.

01/05/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The sizzling weather prevails in Abbottabad for the fourth consecutive day, restricting people to their homes as thin vehicular traffic was observed on the main Karakoram Highway this morning. The worst power outage adds to the inconveniences of the people with maximum temperature, recorded on Sunday, being 32 degree.
As the extremely hot weather conditions have largely impacted the business in the main bazar during daytime, malls are seeing a decrease in Eid shopping.
Meanwhile, the continuous power outage has irritated the citizens who are planning to prorest against WAPDA for not meeting their demands in the holy month of Ramazan.
The Met Office has predicted rain and thunderstorm during Eid holidays.

29/04/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani on Friday revealed that on 12th April-2010, they were leading a peaceful protest at Fawara Chowk when suddenly, armored vehicles started shelling the people which led to the violence in the city. He called it a conspiracy against the people of Hazara, saying Sardar Mehtab was chairing the meeting at that time, " It isn't possible that the violent operation might have carried out without the permission of the then PML-N's Member of the National Assembly," Ghani added.
He was addressing the cheque distribution ceremony held for the heirs of the martyrs of 12th April-2010 at the Press Club. The ceremony was also attended by former MNA Ali Khan Jadoon and others.
In his address, Mushtaq Ghani pointed out that he didn't know the conspiracy was at such a high level because firing from the ambulances was witnessed on the spot.
" Soon after the shelling, we were told that a police station was set to fire. Consequently, violence continued for the whole day; there was bloodshed and innocent protesters were martyred by the police," he said.
Mr. Ghani further stated that the movement for Hazara province was initiated the day after it all happened which gained momentum throughout the country. " We will continue this movement in the future as well," he vowed.
The speaker told that he, along with Ali Khan Jadoon, was keenly struggling for the construction of interchange in Abbottabad, adding the Chief Minister would be requested to announce the project in the public gethering of 8th May, scheduled to be held at the College Ground.

29/04/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The newly appointed District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Khan, who is mostly known for taking bold steps against criminals, has chalked out a plan to facilitate the tourists in Galyat during the Eid holidays. A video, released by his office, showed him appealing to the tourists to cooperate with the District Administration for the adequate implementation of the said plan. He said tourist facilitation centers were established at various points for the smooth functioning of the activities. The DPO told that a campaign was being launched against narcotics and drug peddlers throughout the District, adding that there would be zero tolerance for such elements.

28/04/2022

ABBOTTABAD: An elven-year old boy goes missing in Mian Di Seri - a locality of Abbottabad, sated a social media post shared just a short while ago. According to family sources, Eshal Mehmood went out in the street at Iftar time who hasn't returned home despite hours- long search by the locals. Those who find the missing boy, may contact on 03360033005.

27/04/2022

It is 2013; Imran Khan's change slogan is gaining momentum. There's a sea of people in the College Ground of Abbottabad, with mostly young blood accepting the new trend. And here comes Imran Khan with a roar of helicopter. He delivers an ardent speech to the passionate crowd and becomes voice of the then NA-17, where people were already looking for a second option.
As a result, Dr. Azhar, who previously had approached for the PML-N ticket on various occasions, wins the seat for PTI by ousting the dominating political icon Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan - the one who ruled this constituency for three decades.
Today, it's 2022 and Imran Khan comes again, almost with the same agenda, however backed by a strong push of Anti-Americanism which is considered his new narrative. This time, the public gathering will be hosted by no other than Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani and other Party MAs. Interestingly, in 2013, Imran Khan asked people not to vote for the Independent candidates, saying they often sold their loyalties to political parties to become part of the governments. This was the time when Mushtaq Ghani was contesting election from the then PK-44 as an independent candidate, who presently, is the Speaker of PTI in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly.
Much has changed and much has to be changed. Everybody is looking at Imran Khan, thinking what kind of other changes he wants to bring about in the system to let the " CHANGE" happen.
The preparations are underway for the 8th May's show in Abbottabad as the local leadership has started mobilizing the workers throughout the Division.

27/04/2022

ABBOTTABAD: The pollen count has risen in Abbottabad due to hot weather causing problems for allergy sensitive patients in the wooded areas. The Met Office has not predicted any signs of rain till the next Wednesday which may worsen the situation in different parts of the city.
While talking to The Galies, Dr. Zai Ur Rashid, a senior physician from Abbottabad said not all of the species of pollen are harmful to humans except those having
some level of allergenicity. He said flowers, herbs and different other plants may pollinate in the Spring season, especially in the midst of April and in the beginning of May. While asked about whether abeles could cause pollen allergy or not, Dr. Rashid revealed that abeles does not pollinate in the spring adding that it is the misperception about the tree. He said that in fact, it was the dispersal of seeds which was being considered pollen by some of the citizens. " They can be harmful to patients with respiratory issues but it is not the pollen allergy," he said. However, he advised the masses to be careful if the dispersal of seeds by abeles is at a high rate, warning that it could get stuck in the nose and throat.
Meanwhile, the people have demanded of the Health Department to take necessary measures for a decrease in the pollen count in Abbottabad.