[caption id="attachment_10392" align="alignleft" width="300"] Shahzada iftikharuddin[/caption] CHITRAL, May 23: Former president general (retired) Pervez Musharraf has extolled the people of Chitral for their fidelity and voting  his party canditaes in the May 11 gneration elections.  MNA-elect Shahzada Iftikharuddin, while talking to this correspondent from Islamabad after meeting the former president on T ...

By Dr Inayatullah Faizi Village in focus:                                  Balim Location:                                               Laspur valley Distance from Chitral town:          115 kilometres Number of households:                    280 Population:                                           3,000 (estimated) Literacy rate:                                        over 80 per cent [caption id="attach ...

ISLAMABAD, May 21: PPP runner-up from upper Chitral’s provincial assembly seat of PK-90, Sardar Hussain, on Monday told a press conference in Islamabad that he was going to launch a hunger strike till death if his demand for recounting of votes was not accepted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). It may be noted that Sardar Hussain lost to Ghulam Mohammad of Pervez Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim ...

PESHAWAR, May 20: Former president Pervez Musharraf has directed MPA-elect Ghulam Mohammad from upper Chitral to unconditionally support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The MPA-elect from PK-90 said he held a meeting with Gen Pervez Musharraf at his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad, Islamabad. “My boss ordered me to support the PTI government in KPK unconditionally,” he sai ...

CHITRAL, May 20: The district returning officer Chitral on Monday referred an application filed by PPP candidate Sardar Hussain from PK-90 upper Chitral for recounting of votes to the election tribunal in Peshawar. Sources in the district returning officer office told chitraltoday.net that the district and sessions judge, Syed Zamurad Shah,  who was also the DRO, ruled that he had no authority to order a re ...

CHITRAL, May 19: The hunting season of Russian turtle doves has started in the upper valleys of Chitral where the migratory birds are ruthlessly killed as the officials of wildlife department are least bothered to stop it. A community conservation worker from Terich valley, Hashim Baig, told this correspondent here that although dove was taken as an emblem of peace, the hunters in Chitral went after it merc ...

CHITRAL, May 18: A newly-wedded young woman reportedly committed suicide in the Shabronz village of Oveer valley in upper Chitral due to unknown reasons. The local police are said to be probing into the incident, however. A police official told this correspondent on Saturday that Khamisa Bibi, 25, allegedly fired upon herself inside her house. She had married Rahmat Wali Khan of the same village only five m ...

CHITRAL, May 17: The spring festival Chilim Jusht in the valleys of Bumburate, Rumbur and Birir valleys concluded on Friday.  The major events of the final day of the week-long festival were a procession taken to the central dancing place and the grand music show in which young boys and girls sang and danced in congregation which lasted for hours. The participation of the Kalash in the procession and group ...

Report Alhaj Muhammad Khan of Charun CHITRAL, May 16: After being re-elected as member of the provincial assembly (MPA) from PK-89 lower Chitral for the second consecutive time, PPP leader and former provincial minister Salim Khan has advised all political leaders of Chitral to forget their petty differences and jointly work for the betterment of the people of the backward area. In an interview with Chitral ...

CHITRAL, May 14: After counting of postal ballots for PK-90 upper Chitral, a tribunal here on Tuesday evening declared Ghulam Mohammad of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) as the winner with just seven votes. According to the returning officer, postal votes of government officials were counted in presence of all candidates. He said Ghulam Mohammad got 159 votes while 123 votes were polled in favour of S ...