Fog clears away as sun sneaks though haze in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: The fog that had engulfed the provincial capital and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday cleared gradually on Tuesday as the sun sneaked through the haze.

The fog was dense during the night and early morning on Tuesday. However, the sun even though weak helped clear away the fog. The feeble rays of the sun were still welcome as otherwise a cool breeze was blowing and keeping the weather quite cold.

Unlike Monday when life was affected due to the fog and freezing cold weather, the situation was nearly normal on Tuesday as vehicles in large numbers returned to the roads and shoppers crowded the bazaars.

Still the wave of biting cold persisted on Tuesday. The forecast about cloudy skies and chances of rain in the coming days was prompting the people to brace for more extreme cold weather. As someone commented, the real winter had finally arrived as January is even otherwise a very cold month.

Meanwhile, flight operations resumed at the Bacha Khan International Airport on Tuesday after cancellation of many flights in and out of Peshawar on Monday due to poor visibility. Passengers stranded in Peshawar due to cancellation of their flights heaved a sigh of relief.

The provincial government has twice extended the winter vacations of the educational institutions due to the severe cold weather.

The low gas pressure, which happens every winter here and more so during mornings and evenings, was also adding to the problems facing households.

110 qualify for tehsildar, naib tehsildar posts

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission has said that 110 candidates have qualified the written examination for the posts of tehsildar and naib tehsildar and they will be called for interview in due course of time. An official statement on Tuesday said that the commission had advertised 26 posts of tehsildar (B-16) and naib tehsildar (B-14) for which 16,491applications were received. Initially, ability test was held for shortlisting the candidates and subsequently, 2,456 aspirants appeared in the competitive examination.

Of them, 110 candidates qualified the written portion of examination as per prescribed syllabus. The qualified candidates shall be summoned for viva as subject to their eligibility in all respects. DMCs of failed candidates will be available on the commission website (www.kppsc.gov.pk).