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jowar

(dʒəˈwɔː)
n
a variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare, extensively cultivated in Asia and Africa, used to make flat breads
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BUNER -- Thousands of salarzaiwal on the call of grand jirga on Monday thronged Jowar Chowk and blocked the main road leading to Mingora, Swat for two hours to register their anguish against the proposed marble city over their sixteen hundred kanal cultivable land and dispersed on the assurance of elected public representatives who promised to arrange a meeting of the elders with the governor and chief minister soon.
They included lady health workers namely Fareeda Bibi of RHC Dewana Baba and Chand Bibi of RHC Jowar who were terminated and ladies health supervisor Islamia Bibi of BHU Korea and ladies health worker Nishtahar of BHU Batara were called to explain the reason for showing no interest in the polio round.
BUNER -- The salarzaiwal tribe who were angry over twenty hours load shedding blocked the Swat Buner linking main road at Jowar Chowk for four hours on Thursday and forced the transport to stay away due to which passengers had to face worst .They ended the demo giving one week dead line for end of load shedding.
The Salarzai tribe represented by Qareebur Rehman, Fazal Mabood, Mohammad Rasool, Mohammad Aziz and Amir Nawab held talks with tehsildar Gadezai and DPS Ghulam Ahad in Police Station Jowar on Thursday in which it was decided that the members would hold a demonstration on the main road if the administration failed to satisfy them.
However, the index for food articles group rose by 1.3 per cent to 153.7 (provisional) from 151.7 for the previous month due to higher price of fruits and vegetables (5 per cent), egg, maize and jowar (4 per cent each), pork (3 per cent), beef and buffalo meat, bajra, wheat and condiments and spices (2 per cent each) and barley, moong, paddy, peas/chawali, ragi and arhar (1 per cent each).
Among the leaders with 2-0 slates in the event supported by Sagupaan Superfeeds and Complexor 3000 are Arman Santos, Arnold dela Cruz, Rhona Bullecer, Jimmy Junsay, James Uy, Boy Gamilla, Jervy Maglunob, Buddy Robrigado, Rey Directo, Jowar Bautista, Nestor Vendivil, Emer Sumigad, Joel Ocsena, Lito Guerra, LGBA president Nick Crisostomo, two-time World Slasher Cup champion Honey Yu, Winifredo Siguenza, Mapher Alvarez, Sir Lee, Herbert Bayogos, Raffy Fonacier, Jose Sevilla, Ruben Vargas, Sonny Bello, Rommel Manalo , Eboy Mutuc, Rocky Ilagan, Cris and Paolo Mercado, Harold Ramos, John Liao, Pet Policarpio, Jon Lasco, Oting Rubite, Jeffrey and Aylwyn Sy, Robert del Rosario, Eric dela Rosa and Jerald Picazo.
Noticeable among the long list of participants are emerging cockfight celebrities like 2019 WPC Big Event champion Rey Canedo of Davao, Cris Sioson of Bataan, Marc Cruz and Jojo Gatlabayan of Rizal, James Uy of Manila, Honey Yu of Quezon, Rey Escalona and vice mayor Jubee Navarro of Pampanga, Roel Gatchalian of Pasig, Celso Salazar of Batangas, Willard Ty and Kenneth Liao of Bicol and Mayor Jowar Bautista of Bulacan.
Meanwhile, bullet-riddled body of a man was found from Gerari road in Jowar, and was shifted to nearby rural health centre for autopsy.
Among the Kharif Crops, the MSP of Paddy has been hiked from Rs 1550 to Rs 1750, Jowar from Rs 1700 to Rs 2430, Bajra from Rs 1425 to Rs 1950, Cotton from Rs 4020 to Rs 5150, Arhar from Rs 5450 to Rs 5675, and Moong from Rs 5575 to Rs 6975, to name a few.