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	SYF Earthquake Response in District Shangla
		Shangla is one of the backward and rural district of North West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P) situated on the east of district Swat, to the north it shares its borders with district Kohistan, to the south with district Buner, while to the east Indus has separated it from district Batagram and tribal belt of Kaladakha.
		District Shangla is a complex patchwork of tribal, feudal, conservative, and above all patriarchal norms.
		Poverty in district Shangla is attributed as lack of financial capital, large family size, and lack of human capital, gender sensitivity, and poor infrastructure within the entire district.
	www.syfswat.org /earthquake/shangla.html (348 words)

	Mansehra district (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Mansehra District is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan that contains the town of Mansehra, and the Kaghan valley area, an adventure-tourism destination.
		The terrain of the district is a mixture of mountains, valleys, plains, and lakes.
		Clockwise from the south, the Mansehra district is bordered by Abbottabad District to its south, Haripur district to its southwest, Buner district to its west, Shangla district to its northwest, Batagram district to its north-northwest, Kohistan district to its north, the Gilgit agency to its northeast, and Muzaffarabad district to its southeast.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mansehra-district.htm (256 words)

	PESHAWAR: New prospects for Shangla district -DAWN - Local; May 20, 2006
		Speaking at a public meeting while inaugurating an electricity supply scheme in Kabalgram area in Shangla district, Mr Muqam said the president could be called ‘man of crisis’ as he faced all challenges with boldness and addressed them by floating new options.
		He said the Pakistan Muslim League was serving the masses and deprivation of the people of Shangla district would be removed.
		He said the development process in Shangla would be expedited to bring it at par with other districts of the province.
	www.dawn.com /2006/05/20/local36.htm (251 words)

	DISTRICTS OF PAKISTAN FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Under the older system in effect before August 2000, the ''district'' was the fourth level of government.
		A ''district'' is further subdivided into tehsils (roughly equivalent to counties.) Tehsils may contain villages or municipalities.
		The Karachi_district as it stands today was made by merging the districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir.
	www.mrspell.com /Districts_of_Pakistan (179 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		District Shangla Par is located in Swat Valley (North Latitude 34-31 to 33-08 and East Longitude 72-33 to 73-01) with its headquarter at Alpuri (8 km from Shangla Top).
		District Shangla was created out of District Swat on 01-07-1995 and it was fully functional w.e.f.
		The highest point of the district is Shangla Top (7001 feet or 2,125 meters above sea level), 56 km from Saidu Sharif and 45 km from Besham (Karakoram Highway), connected through a paved single road.
	www.tourism.gov.pk /shangla_nwfp.htm (252 words)

	[Econo-list] Rs 300 million allocated for district govts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The amount is specifically allocated for the = District Programme, which will be utilized for the enhancement of = Education Sector in the districts of Province, headed by the Nazims of = their respective districts.
		The distribution of funds have been allocated to 24 districts of the = Province on the basis of their population, participation rate, = illiterate percentage, illiterate population and out of school children = etc.
		Under the said scheme, the = District Education authorities were directed to identify schemes on need = basis and including the works of essential nature and top priority with = strict instructions that only those schemes could be included in the = programme whose completion could be ensured in the current financial = year.
	lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/econo-list/2001-August/001245.html (464 words)

	Information about quake affected areas in NWFP
		The 150-bed District Hospital building has received serious crakes and all the patients were evacuated and kept in the open tented in the hospital compound.
		District Shangla is situated in the northern part of Pakistan in NWFP.
		District Shangla is found in the northern part of NWFP and is one of the most affected districts by the earthquake.
	www.brain.net.pk /~adcoms/infoquake.htm (1508 words)

	Aidmate: Home page of SULTAN ROME ADVOCATE
		Damages of Earthquake and People of Shangla NWFP Pakistan It was morning of October 8, 2005 when a powerful and devastating earthquake struck the northern part of Pakistan causing major destruction and playing havoc with millions of lives.
		District Shangla is full of natural resources like emerald, Marble, Chromites, Soap stone etc and there is a vast scope of investment and development.
		The worst affected areas in Shangla district are union councils Shahpur, Damori, Pirkhana, Koozkana, Maira, Shang, Dandai, Kormang, and Sarkool.
	app-sultan-rome-advocate-1.aidpage.com (1114 words)

	HRD Annual Report 2001
		It was participated by 22 activists from CBOs of Swat, Bunair, Shangla and Dir.
		Shangla is newly created district with more than.3 million population, rich in forest resources and with weak NGOs sector.
		BSD for CBOs of Shangla was arranged on 25-26 July, 2000, on demand of the activist of the district.
	eps.freeservers.com /hrd_an_re.htm (2815 words)

	About Swat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In Shangla district, there are Karora Ranges, which separate Puran from Kanra and Ghurband.
		Among the shrub, Borajae, Bang-e-Dewana, Ghanamrangae and Shangla are grown on the slopes of the hills and mountains.
		Shepherds, nomads (the local name of them is Ajar) are migrating to the hills along with their flocks, where the growth of the grass is greater.
	pakhtun.com /AboutPashtuns/AboutSwat.htm (4052 words)

	Just distribution of grant assured: Governor addresses Nazimeen -DAWN - National; February 7, 2002
		The governor said that Shangla had been made the district in keeping with the interests of the people of the area.
		He said that in the past districts were made on the basis of political favouritism, which had a very negative impact on the overall situation, and no development took place there.
		The governor said that the district governments were authorized to make recruitments up to the level of principals in education department and up to grade 15 in the health department.
	www.dawn.com /2002/02/07/nat1.htm (724 words)

	Rahimullah Yusufzai
		Major roads in Swat and Shangla districts, one an acclaimed tourist destination and the other waiting to be explored for its tourism potential, have deteriorated to such an extent that only the most determined among outsiders now venture to visit those enchanting valleys.
		From the Swati town of Khwazakhela, the road forks out to Alpurai, the headquarters of the newly created Shangla district, and beyond to Besham, sited on the Karakoram Highway near the fast flowing river Indus, which is known as Abaseen in the NWFP.
		The PIA flights to Saidu Sharif, headquarters of Swat, were suspended a while ago while the road connecting the district with Malakand agency and Mardan is in a shambles.
	www.peshawar1.com /htmls/rahimullah/rahim75.html (818 words)

	Malakand appeals for the sake of Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is on the record that Malakand division is the biggest and remotest division throughout the NWFP as well as the count, in terms of population as well as territory.
		It is comprised of seven administrative units, six districts and one agency i.e.
		Apart from other countless miseries of the peoples who have their cases pending in Peshawar high court, given the lack of immediate check, the high reputation of the lower judiciary in the Malakand division has grind down miserably.
	psjg.bizcue.com /malakand_appeals_for_the_sake_of.htm (438 words)

	Rahimullah Yusufzai
		All they could utter was that the JI activists reacted due to the failure of the district administration, whose nazim is PPP's Azam Afridi, and the police, to implement the MMA government's anti-obscenity directives.
		The JI NWFP chief Professor Mohammad Ibrahim, who like Durrani also hails from Bannu district, objected to his appointment as chief minister because, in his words, he didn't have the appearance and character required for the job.
		He wasn't a card member of the party but was given the ticket to contest last year's polls as the MMA candidate from Shangla because he happened to be Pir Mohammad's cousin and was rich enough to spend money on his election campaign.
	www.peshawar1.com /htmls/rahimullah/rahim42.html (836 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Over 300 School Children among 800 Killed in NW Pakistan
		Though the provincial government has declared emergency all over the province, the death toll is feared to move much higher as hundreds of the affectees are still stranded under the debris in the remote areas where effective rescue activities could not be conducted owing to hosts of problems.
		At least 70 persons were reported killed in Shangla district including 15 in sub tehsil Chaksar, 13 in Alpori, 22 in Bisham and more than six people succumbed to their injuries in Karora.
		All the District level staff of official departments was asked to coordinate with DCOs Abbottabad, Mansehra, Kohistan, Battagram etc. The Health, Works and Services and Civil Defence Departments have been directed to make their services available in the affected areas round the clock.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/10/09/top8.htm (1275 words)

	Shangla (district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shangla is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan that contains the twin towns of Mingora and Saidu Sharif.
		Shangla has the lowest Human Development Index in the province.
		This page was last modified 01:51, 5 June 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shangla_District (57 words)

	Aidmate: Aidpage of Mumtaz Ali Khan
		Shangla is land of natural beauty, long green trees, high mountains, sweet springs, thick forest and streams, was earlier sub-division of Swat District.
		The inhabitants of the district are deprived of the infrastructure.
		AS it is the most backward District of NWFP Pakistan, any one can estimate living standard of its inhabitants from a report recently issued by the government in which this district was on top in ratio of poverty through out NWFP.
	app-mumtaz-ali-khan-1.aidpage.com (699 words)

	State Of Swat: Mingora, Barikot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In Shangla district, there are Karora Ranges, which separate Puran from Kanra and Ghurband.
		Among the shrub, Borajae, Bang-e-Dewana, Ghanamrangae and Shangla are grown on the slopes of the hills and mountains.
		Shepherds, nomads (the local name of them is Ajar) are migrating to the hills along with their flocks, where the growth of the grass is greater.
	www.pakhtun.com /abtSwat.htm (4006 words)

	Sabawoon Daily News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The security commander of Deh Bala District of Nangarhar Province, Khan Jan, told the Afghan Islamic Press this afternoon that the people of Deh Bala District demonstrated today after Friday prayers to condemn the way the Koran was disrespected at Guantanamo [Bay].
		Some residents of Marmol District of [northern] Balkh Province say the district head is the main obstacle to the reconstruction process in the region.
		Addressing a huge public rally in Shangla Alpura, the leader of the ANP said that Pakistan was facing an unstable situation and a huge crisis because of the situation in South Waziristan and Baluchistan.
	www.sabawoon.com /read.asp?cat=1&ViewNews=1&newsdate=5/13/2005 (15353 words)

	Khyber Gateway >> Pashto Places >> Malakand
		A part of Malakand is occupied by the Uthmankhel clan of Pukhntoons (Pathans), while towards the south, at the bottom of Malakand Pass, live the Ranizais known as Sam Ranizai.
		The distinctive characteristic of the land is that it serves as a gateway for trade to the other districts in the Malakand Division.
		If investors from the other districts and provinces diverted their attention towards mineral wealth they can find and get vast mineral treasures.
	www.khyber.org /pashtoplaces/malakand.shtml (3227 words)

	Botanical Name:
		It belongs to Swat District, Which is part of Malakand Division situated in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
		Malam Jabba lies at a distance of 52 kilometers from Saidu Sharif, the capital of Swat District.
		In the North of Malam Jabba lies Shangla District.
	www.siu.edu /~ebl/leaflets/jabba.htm (4033 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ali is working with provincial and district governments to help families with children secure adequate shelter for the winter, and then reconstruct their houses when the winter is over.
		In areas of Shangla, 60 to 70 percent of the housing is badly damaged.
		People in the upper reaches of Shangla and Allai have buried their dead and are already constructing houses from stabilized earth and wooden posts in the traditional way.
	www.changemakers.net /journal/300510/tsuk.cfm (4849 words)

	Concerns over health conditions in north (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		"Chest infection among children is on the increase in the districts of Swat and Shangla, while there are also a few reports about skin diseases prevailing in the area," the WHO medical officer said.
		To cope up with the threat of any disease outbreak, the UN health agency has set up five disease surveillance centres in the district of Shangla, while six has been set up in Swat to obtain weekly health updates.
		Another area of concern for relief authorities is the limited supply of tents and blankets being sent to the affected region in the wake of the unexpected, intense and prolonged winter.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=46120 (477 words)

	The News - International
		LAHORE: There is no ‘complaint’ of price hike in 13 districts of Punjab where special price magistrates could not detect even a single case of violation by shopkeepers and traders, according to a report prepared by the Home Department for the period from July 19 to August 5.
		The report states that the authorities in six district governments have ‘full confidence’ in their traders and shopkeepers that they would not indulge in profiteering or hoarding of the essential commodities or create artificial shortage.
		Second to the City District Government Lahore in terms of raids and fines is the City District Government Faisalabad, where the authorities conducted 686 raids, noticed 201 violations and awarded Rs 431,900 fines.
	www.thenews.com.pk /top_story_detail.asp?Id=2444 (870 words)

	Pakistan: Weather - OCHA-05: 24-Feb-05
		In NWFP and the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA), some 2.8 million persons are affected in the six worst affected districts: Swat, Kohistan, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Shangla and Battagram.
		Some 140,000 persons are completely isolated in Kohistan, upper Swat, Shangla, major parts of Battagram, Kaghan area in Mansehra and Thandiani in Abbottabad, as roads are blocked due to heavy snow and landslides, which could take 1 to 3 weeks to clear.
		In Balochistan province, the coastal district of Gwader is the worst affected, where heavy rains have led to flooding and dam bursts.
	www.cidi.org /disaster/ixl96.html (739 words)

	News: South Asia: Earthquake - Oct 2005, Pakistan: Skies over Shangla still silent
		SHANGLA, 14 October (IRIN) - For five days, Faraz Hussain, his wife and their three children have looked to the sky for the helicopters to bring them aid.
		They had heard on their crackly pocket radio that large-scale relief efforts were on their way to their district of Shangla in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
		Shangla, in the historic Swat Valley, is an ancient seat of Buddhist culture that lies west of the Kaghan Valley and 265 km northwest of the capital, Islamabad.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/NKUA-6H6QRU?OpenDocument (770 words)

	Pakistan News Service - PakTribune
		Shangla is land of natural beauty, long green trees, high mountains, sweet springs, thick forest and streams,but there are lot of problams.like Road.
		Shangla is the most beautifull and nice district in NWFP.
		Shangla is the beautiful district for people who enjoyed it.
	paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=121993 (759 words)

	ONLINE - International News Network
		Death toll in Shangla district surges to 129
		SHANGLA: Death toll of Saturday's earthquake victims in Shangla district surged to 129 persons while more than one hundred fifty were reported injured till last information on Saturday night.
		Shangla district is the worst affected area in terms of death toll where out of total 129 victims in District Shangla, 73 persons belonged to Basham.
	www.onlinenews.com.pk /details.php?id=88051 (135 words)

	Emergency Report 2005-47 \| WFP - Latest news - Emergency Reports
		The school feeding programme (SF) continued in 14 districts of Chechnya with the distribution of 485 tons of buckwheat, oil, sugar and salt to provide daily hot meals to 133,206 school children in the second half of November and December.
		WFP observed this trend in southeast Bugesera region, and the northeastern districts of Kibungo province.
		WFP has advised them to raise their concerns through appropriate Government channels, as the parameters for the programme were set at the national level under the expectation that maize would be available through the GMB at a price that was affordable to 64 percent of the population.
	www.wfp.org /english/?ModuleID=78&Key=663 (11923 words)

	Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		While the Shangla district has not been hit quite so badly as the Allai district of Kaghan, or Bagh and Muzzafarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the devastation is still immense.
		Across Shangla, with a population of almost 500,000, small villages lie in ruins, their people deeply angered by delays in providing help and traumatised by the death and destruction surrounding them.
		UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, who met President Pervez Musharraf and other top officials in Islamabad on Friday, has already said access to affected areas was particularly difficult "because trails and narrow mountain roads have been destroyed and this disaster has hit in one of the most remote, rugged areas in the world".
	www.independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/20/20102005re.htm (4056 words)

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