Tag: Daska

Government Primary School Daska in appalling condition

DASKA - Government Primary School Daska which was constructed in 1905 was now in a very dilapidated condition as the students used to drink water and use washroom at the same place that was affecting their health. It was a temple actually that was converted into a school after the partition of Indo-Pak sub continent in 1947.
The school's strength was more than 700 that decreased to 288 as five rooms and three washrooms were declared dangerous after the earthquake in 2005 while

Crime on the rise in Daska

DASKA - Daska is in the grip of a fresh crime wave as the people feel insecure owing to the rising robberies and thefts in the city.
The people alleged that Daska police had failed to protect their lives and properties and added that the culprits involved in heinous crimes had not been traced.
They further said the Daska police remained busy discharging special political duties leaving the citizens at the mercy of criminals. The outlaws remained active in Daska and took away

Robbers, thieves on rampage in Daska

DASKA - The Daska city is in the grip of a crime wave while the people are feeling insecure due to the rising dacoities and thefts in the city areas. The residents of the areas have alleged that the Daska city police have miserably failed to protect the lives and properties of the people, besides their failure to trace the culprits involved in heinous crimes.
They said Daska police remain busy performing special political duties, leaving the innocent people at the mercy of the

Sale of unhygienic meat on the rise in Daska

DASKA - Butchers are selling unhygienic meat in almost all the congested areas of Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur while people are suffering from several fatal diseases, especially blood pressure and hepatitis. People in the area said that most of the butchers slaughtered unhealthy animals and sold wet mutton and beef to increase the weight of the meat.
Medical experts said the unabated sale and use of the wet meat was spreading hepatitis and other fatal diseases among the people. The

Daska will celebrate Faiz’s 100th anniversary

DASKA - Faiz Ahmed Faiz's 100th birth anniversary will be celebrated internationally on February 13 as he was born on that date in 1911 in Kila Kader village in Sialkot. Different events will be held in Daska, Sambrial, Pasrur and Sialkot in this regard. Faiz is known to be one of the most prolific poets of the 20th century.
Dubbing the voice of a revolution, he extended an asylum of sorts to the masses in a period where freedom of speech was crushed to a bare minimum. He

Daska will express solidarity with Kashmiris

DASKA - The Kashmir Day will be observed today (Saturday) in Daska, Sambrial, Pasrur and Sialkot with fervour to express solidarity with the people of Indian-held Kashmir and pay tribute to the Kashmiris who sacrificed their lives for liberation.
The day is an annual event being observed to support the indigenous freedom struggle of the people of the occupied Kashmir against the Indian illegal occupation and atrocities against the innocent people.
A large number of people,

Train crushes five people in Daska

DASKAL Five people were killed and another four injured when a train collided with a rickshaw near the Uggoki area of Sialkot district on Friday. The train was headed to Sialkot from Wazirabad when it hit the rickshaw trying to cross the un-gated railway crossing in Jalianwala area of Uggoki. The deceased were identified as rickshaw driver Muhmmad Iqbal, Arbab Bibi, Basit and Abass, while one body could not be identified. The bodies and the injured were taken to District Headquarter