CHITRAL, July 29: The district administration of Chitral has lodged an FIR (first information report) against those residents of Chitral who peacefully held a protest demonstration against prolonged power outages and open sale of narcotics in Chitral. Mohammad Kausar Chughtai Advocate told this scribe that he had confirmed from the police station Chitral that the FIR had been lodged against the president an ...

Honourable MNA of Chitral, I would like to draw your kind attention towards your recent statement in which you threatened the government of Pakistan and the people of Chitral that you will revive the old system of government (State of Chitral) within Chitral, in case the problems of Chitral were not resolved. It is a remarkable fact that you did a fabulous job within your personal capability for the people ...

CHITRAL, July 29: Al-Haj Eidul Hussain has been appointed as district president of PML-Q by the provincial president of the party, Syed Qasim Shah. Addressing a press conference here, the central convener of the party Dr Raj Shaheen said Chitral was the stronghold of the party as its candidates were elected to the provincial and National Assembly in the last general elections. He said on the demand of the p ...

CHITRAL, July 29: Four people, including two women, died in separate incidents in various parts of Chitral. Taj Bibi of Charun Oveer village committed suicide by jumping into Chitral river whose body was recovered from the river near Chitral town. In Mastuj town, an unmarried woman was electrocuted while working in her kitchen garden when she touched the bare transmission lines passing over the field. Meanw ...

By Tariq Iqbal Some events can come to define a life. Most often, these events are sudden, unexpected and irrevocable to change the framework of existence. However, it is not the event in itself that defines a life but the repercussion of it. This reality was too horrific and unbearable to face for my family and me when I received a call from my uncle asking me to reach his room soon. I was very much surpri ...

By Luke Rehmat Kalash, July 28. A few days ago, I had a chance to read a prominent journalist’s view about bloggers. He declared: "No responsibility and no accountability, so bloggers are not journalists.’’Do you think journalists are responsible and accountable in Pakistan? Yes, very responsible in presence of people like Malik Riaz and very accountable for getting bribes. I do not go into an in-depth disc ...

ISLAMABAD: “Baba Jan! Baba Jan! Baba Jan ko raha karo!” A diverse group of roughly 100 protesters chanted at a rally as they marched all the way from Aabpara Chowk to the Islamabad Press Club and demanded for the release of Baba Jan. [caption id="attachment_3384" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Baba Jan"][/caption] The protesters – members of the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP), Progressive Youth Front L ...

GILGIT, July 28: The Aga Khan Education Service Pakistan (AKESP) is planning to send home another 200 or so teachers in Gilgit-Baltistan, it has been learnt reliably. It may be recalled that last year the organization forcibly retired a large number of teachers in the region paying them lump-sum amount which cost the AKESP about Rs5 million. In Punjab, Chitral and KPK too, the AKESP forcibly retired a good ...

CHITRAL, July 28: Residents of Chitral town took to the streets on Saturday against prolonged electricity outages and warned the power utility to resolve the issue within a week otherwise a fully-fledged protest move would be launched. The protest was organized by the town power committee under the head of Khan Hayatulla Khan. Speakers on the occasion said there was not a single power theft case in Chitral ...

CHITRAL/BOONI, July 28: Two young women committed suicide in a single day in various parts of Chitral, police and family sources told chitraltoday.net on Friday. In the first incident, a female student of FSc committed suicide after failing in her exam in the Parabek village of Garum Chashma. The local police said Tahira Azam, daughter of retired Subedar Mir Azam, shot herself dead with a 12-bore gun after ...