The street lights installed in federal capital have become dysfunctional plunging several sectors into darkness creating inconvenience for the residents.
The residents of sectors including F-6, G-6 and G-7 complained that the out of order street lights poses problem for them as they not only have to go out for prayers in mosques in complete darkness but the incidents of street crimes has also increased in their areas. Resident of F/6-1 Masood Akber while talking to APP said that they have complained to the Capital Development Authority administration and to the Director General (DG) electric several times but to no avail.
Shahid Ali another residents of the area complained that the streetlights have become out of order and causing increase in robbery and road accidents. He said with advent of evening the whole area sink into darkness and caused inconvenience for transporters and residents. The wild animals entered in the sector and screamed whole night, he added. Zeshan resident of the sector G-7 said they have complained to CDA several times but to no avail. The residents have demanded of the CDA to repair the out of order street lights on priority basis. They demanded to the concerning authorities to put the streetlights system in order. When contacted to CDA officials they said that the staff would look after all the matters related to repair maintenance and the staff of these formations and directorates will act upon the complaints forwarded by these focal persons on fast track basis. They also added that the focal persons of the respective areas should note down the complaints and issues pertaining to the sectors assigned to them. They said that the proper maintenance of the out of order street lights would be done on regular basis.
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provoke migraine attacks: A study results shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache, specifically migraines. The influence of tobacco as a precipitating, non-causal factor of migraine attacks has produced contradictory data in scientific literature. The limited research prior to the work published in The Journal of Headache and Pain indicated that smoking could improve migraines by reducing anxiety, one of the factors that triggers an attack, Live science Reported.
One advantage of this study is that the sample used, 361 medicine students from the University of Salamanca, were fully aware what a migraine was. The experts, who enquired about the presence or absence of migraine (and its characteristics) and whether or not they smoked, guaranteed the reliability of the results obtained, as most surveys for this type of study are done over the phone, randomly and in people without knowledge of the illness. The results show that 16 percent of students fulfilled migraine criteria, while 20 percent smoked.
