SWABI: At least 25 dengue positive cases have been reported in different parts of Swabi district.

When contacted, the health department officials on Saturday confirmed these cases and said that they had been recorded by the public sector hospitals.

They said that many people had also gone to private hospitals for tests and treatment of dengue fever, for which data was unavailable.

Dr Jafar, an entomologist at Bacha Khan Hospital, told this correspondent that the positive cases were reported in Shahmansoor, Zaida, Marghuz, Jhandha and various other villages and treatment of the patients was under way in public sector hospitals.

He said that their teams had visited Jhandha village on Friday and briefed the people about the precautionary measures to check spread of the disease.

Answeringa question, he said they checked the history of the patients who had either travelled to other districts or recently reached their homes from other areas.

It has been learnt that isolation wards have been established in Bacha Khan Hospital and other government hospitals.

Tehsil Chota Lahor former nazim Sohail Khan claimed that many positive cases were reported from Tordher, but the health department officials said they did not know about any such case from this area.

The people of Takeel village, Gadoon Amazai, said positive cases of dengue fever were also reported from their village, but the health department officials did not visit the area. They also showed reports of confirmed cases of the fever, saying they had visited private health units.

KILLED: A man allegedly killed his brother over a property dispute in Manki village here on Saturday.

Police said Alam Zaib and Mohammad Adnan were sitting in their house in Akramabad when their brother Imran arrived along with their relatives Ali and Iqthidar and started firing on them. As a result, Adnan was killed on the spot.

Chota Lahor city police registered an FIR and have started the investigation.

In another case, Khawla Bibi, who was studying in a religious seminary in Dagai village ofRazaar tehsil, allegedly committed suicide. Local police have started investigation into the case.

Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2022