KARACHI, Dec 5: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), responsible for maintaining safety standards at the country’s numerous airports, is desperately trying to contain illegal construction in close proximity to the runway of Chitral Airport. “We have been trying for months to stop illegal construction activities around the Chitral Airport runway. Now we will take the […]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Work on Lowari Tunnel located on Nowshera-Dir-Chitral Road (N-45) has restarted with full force and Rs18 billion project will be completed in three years. A source in the National Highway Authority (NHA) said the delay in the construction work was partially due to last year\’s floods and disputes over payment between Korean
DHAKA, Dec 4: Police in Bangladesh’s capital fired tear gas and arrested dozens of protesters as the nation’s largest Islamic party enforced a daylong strike that has shut schools and businesses across the country. The opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party called the strike to demand authorities halt trials of its top leaders on charges of crimes against
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CHITRAL, Dec 4: Bibi Jan, who was recently sacked as chairperson of the People’s Students Federation (PSF) Government Girls Degree College Chitral, has demanded that the party high command should disband the PPP’s district women wing for bringing a bad name to the PPP. [caption id=\”attachment_6122\” align=\”alignleft\” width=\”300\” caption=\”Ms Bibi Jan protests her exclusion from
DROSH, Dec 4: A woman and his son were killed and three other persons injured in a road accident near here on Tuesday evening. Reports said Zakir Hussain (driver), his mother, two brothers and a sister, residents of Damel, were coming to Drosh when their vehicle (PS-1394) met with the accident at Mirkhani. The injured
PESHAWAR, Dec 3 ; Mother of Shahzada Ibrahim Wali and Dr Ismail Wali passed away in Hayatabad Peshawar after protracted illness. She was the daughter of former Mehtar Amirul Mulk (1893-95) and wife of Shahzada Afzal Wali. She will be laid to rest in Mastuch on Tuesday Dec 4.–Dr Inayatullah Faizi]]>
PESHAWAR, Dec 3: There has been an arbitrary incerase in transport fares on Chitral-Peshawar and Chitral-Islamabad routes with the change of the Lowari tunnel\’s opening timings. On Monday, a large number of people from Chitral held a protest demonstration at Sher Shah Soori Road in Peshawar, and asked the government to take action against the
CHITRAL, Dec 3: A man died of suffocation inside the Lowari tunnel on Monday afternoon. Attiqur Rahman of Kohat was coming to Chitral from Upper Dir when he fainted after travelling hardly one kilometre inside the tunnel. He was rushed to the civil hospital in Drosh where he was pronounced dead. The deceased was coming
CHITRAL, Dec 3: Interior Minister Rehman Malik during his visit to Chitral on Monday announced a number of projects, including opening of passport and NADRA offices in Mastuj. The minister also said that over 60 people of Ayun arrested a few months back would be released within a few days. Addressing a gathering here of
CHITRAL, Dec 2: Speakers at a seminar here on Sunday stressed the need for creating awareness among people to check violation of human rights in the society. The seminar was organised by Legal Awareness Programme for Human Rights (LAPH). Lawyers and activists of women rights organisations attended the seminar. LAPH chairman Niaz Ali Shah, public
