Abbottabad board announces exam schedule

ABBOTTABAD, Nov 12: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Abbottabad secondary school certificate (SSC) annual examination will be held on March 16, 2011 and higher secondary school certificate (HSSC) examination on April 27, 2011.

This was announced by the BISE Abbottabad in separate notifications on Friday.

Regular students of Matirc (SSC) can obtain examination forms from all branches of Allied Bank. Forms can be submitted up to 25 Jan 2011 with normal fee and with double fee up to 25 Feb.

Students can submit forms with triple fee up to 25 March.

HSSC regular students can deposit forms up to 15 Dec 2010 while private students can submit their forms up to 30 Dec.

Forms with double fee can be submitted up to 17 Jan 2011 and with triple fee last date is fixed 15 Feb.

Earthquake tremors felt in Abbottabad, Islamabad, Peshawar

Earthquake tremors were felt in upper areas of the country including Peshawar and Islamabad at 5:51 am Monday morning and at 1:30 am during night between Sunday and Monday.

According to metrological department, earthquake tremors were felt in upper area of the country including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Hari Pur, Swat, Mardan, Parachinar, Khyber Agency, Kurram Agency, Orakzai Agency, Khawist and Malakand Agency at 5:52 am. The intensity of the earthquake has been recorded at 5.0 in the Richter scale while the center of the earthquake was 119 kilometer northwest to Peshawar.

The earthquake jolts were also felt at 1:3o am in Swat and Chitral and intensity of the jolts were recorded 4.7 in the Richter scale and its epicenter was 74 kilometer northeast to Chitral.