By Junaid Saleh Hayat CHITRAL, July 7: Yesterday, when I went out on the road, I got lost in thoughts for a moment. I thought military had taken over the power and imposed martial law in the country. But no, it was not a military coupe. ‘Then what is all this’, my mind asked the question. A military exercise or what? Has some one declared war against our beloved country or what? None of these seemed true. I ...

CHITRAL, July 7: The three-day Shandur polo festival started on Saturday in Shandur, known as the world’s highest polo ground located at a height of 3,734 metres above sea level. Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Khalid Rabbani formally inaugurated the festival by throwing the ball in the ground between Laspur team of Chitral and Ghizar team of Gilgit-Baltistan. In the opening match, Ghizer team of Gilgit com ...

YARKHUN: A special meeting of the members of LSO Punar Yarkhun was convened at the Quaid-i-Azam Model College Bang, which was chaired by Sher Wali Khan Aseer, a prominent educationist and chairman of the organization. In this meeting, the participants earnestly requested the chief executive of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company to extent its phone services to the backward valley of Yarkhun in Chital. Th ...

GILGIT, July 7: The Karakuram International University has failed to implement the orders of Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan to set up a law faculty despite a lapse of one year. The Supreme Appellate Court had directed last year the management of the university to set up law faculty to facilitate students of the region. The management had assured the court that it will launch this course as soon ...

GILGIT, July 7: The Gilgit-Baltistan government has approved a plan to strengthen, equip and revamp the scientific laboratories in high schools, intermediate and degree colleges in order to provide the students with opportunities of research. A source at the directorate of education said the plan had been approved and an amount of Rs130 million had been earmarked for the purpose The source said soon the ins ...

GILGIT, July 7: A student of class 10th, identified as Zahid Latif, 17, committed suicide by jumped into a deep ravine at Aliabad Hunza, after he was declared failed in the examination announced the other day, police said. Police said some shepherds informed them about his body which was retrieved and handed over to family after legal procedure. In another incident, a 15-year-old boy died after falling from ...