KOHAT: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) and district health department here on Tuesday launched the vaccination of drivers and passengers through mobile service at bus stations to protect them from Covid-19 and contain spread of the virus.

Acting on the directives of Kohat commissioner Javed Marwat, the district health officer Dr Sameen Jan, traffic warden Arab Jan and RTA secretary administered vaccine to the staff and passengers on the routes of Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Bannu, DI Khan, Lahore, Hangu, etc.

They asked the passengers and transporters to take advantage of the free vaccination and get it themselves as soon as possible.

They said that the only precaution against coronavirus was to stop it from spreading through precautions and vaccination.

SCHOOLS SOLARISED: Officials of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and secondary and elementary education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, secretary Hafiz Mohammad Ibraheem inaugurated completed solar schemes in schools.

Speaking at the ceremony, UNOPS project officials, Shahid Ullah and Shiraz Shahid, said the department provided infrastructure, procurement and project management services to help build the future of students.

The work on Bazidkhel, Togh Bala and Togh Payan primary and middle girls’ schools had started last year after approval by MPA Ziaullah Bangash.

District education officer (female) Rizwana Liaquat, deputy district education officer Qaiser Khan and planning and development officers also attended the functions.

Meanwhile, secretary communication and works Ijaz Hussain Ansari has said that the motto of National Engineering Council is to create more jobs for unemployed engineers who are the builders of the nation.

He said this while inaugurating the new model divisional office of the superintending engineer here on Tuesday which would accommodate the executive engineer, sub-divisional officials and other staff. The secretary, who is the NEC vice-chariman, also launched his campaign for 2021 elections at a meeting.

Published in Dawn, July 14th, 2021

Opinion

Editorial

AJK elections
29 Jul, 2026

AJK elections

CONSIDERING the political unrest that has rocked Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the recent past, free and fair general...
Still vulnerable
29 Jul, 2026

Still vulnerable

THE State Bank’s decision to hold the policy rate at 11.5pc is a prudent response to the heightened risks the...
Guarding the past
29 Jul, 2026

Guarding the past

THE return of 513 smuggled archaeological artefacts from the US is a welcome homecoming for objects that should ...
Lull in fighting
Updated 28 Jul, 2026

Lull in fighting

AFTER two weeks of escalating violence, the US has halted its strikes on Iran, with Tehran also silencing it guns....
Water policy
28 Jul, 2026

Water policy

THE country is caught in a crisis where there too much water at the wrong time and too little when it is most ...
Ending hepatitis
28 Jul, 2026

Ending hepatitis

WORLD Hepatitis Day is being observed under the theme ‘Hepatitis: Let’s break it down’, a call to remove the...