SKARDU, July 11: Five people were killed Wednesday when an Army helicopter crashed in Skardu. According to the military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Army Aviation MI-17 aircraft crashed near Skardu airport. Five people, including the pilot and the co-pilot were killed in the accident. So far, the cause of the accident had not been ascertained, said the spokesman. ...

CHITRAL, July 11: Eight persons were killed and four others sustained serious injuries when a jeep carrying them from Upper Dir to Chitral fell into a deep ravine on the bank of Ziarat nullah near Mirkhani on Wednesday afternoon. The dead included driver Gul Badshah and Rafiqullah from Upper Dir, Mohammad Adil and Raz Mohammad from Peshawar, Nasir from Mardan, and Hazrat Hussain from Chitral. The two others ...

By Tahir Mehdi Laws must make sense because if they don’t they are bound to be violated. The violators become criminals out of little or no fault of theirs and the matter becomes a grave social concern. That’s exactly what has happened to the election expenses. The Election Commission has recently set Rs 1.5 million as the election expense limit for the candidates to the National Assembly and Rs 1 million f ...

GILGIT/CHITRAL, July 10: The Ismaili community in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral are observing the 55th Imamat Day on Wednesday. Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, ascended the Imamat on July 11, 1957, upon the death of his grandfather and the 48th Imam Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. As usual, this year too elaborated arrangements have been made to celebrate the event ...