GILGIT, Dec 2: Inspector General of Gilgit-Baltistan Police Usman Zakria was airlifted from a village near Giglit after protesters besieged him, demanding that a religious cleric arrested for fanning sectarianism should be released. Sheikh Nayyar Abbas of Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen was detained during an overnight police raid at the Nomal valley under the Maintenance of Public Order. […]
CHITRAL, Dec 2: The Frontier Corps Public School organized a colourful programme in connection with annual performance of the institution in curricular as well as co-curricular activities. [caption id=\"attachment_6044\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" caption=\"A little student receives award.--S. Nazir Hussain\"][/caption] Wife of the Commandant Chitral Scouts was the chief guest on the occasion. The chief guest along
CHITRAL, Dec 1: Member National Assembly (MNA) Shahzada Mahiuddin Friday asked the transporters not to ply vehicles through the under-construction Lowari Tunnel without the permissible schedule as the journey inside the incomplete tunnel could prove harmful for the travellers. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he asked the transporters plying vehicles between Islamabad-Chitral and
PESHAWAR, Dec 1: A large number of people from Chitral here on Saturday protested against the closure of Lowari Tunnel. The protesters asked teh authorities concerned to keep the under-constriction tunnel open daily from 4pm to 8pm to facilitate the people in freely travelling to and from other parts of teh country. The protesters were
DROSH: Police here foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of hashish to Chitral and arrested two inter-district smugglers hailing from upper Dir. Subdivisional police officer Drosh circle, Mohammad Khalid, said interrogation of the culprits will help smash the network of the drug smugglers. In the jurisdiction of Ayun police station, he said, the
GARAM CHASHMA, Dec 1: Lt.Colonel Nazir Hussain, Commanding Officer of the Garam Chashma wing of Chitral Scouts, was accorded warm and emotional send-off by the force and local notables on his transfer to GHQ Rawalpindi . The entire route to the venue was tastefully decorated. Despite his short stint as CO, Col Nazir became immensely
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ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the government’s intervention in the affairs of Higher Education Commission (HEC) is an ongoing policy of destroying all viable state institutions of the country. In a statement here on Friday, he said, “It seems that all viable state institutions are being destroyed one
PESHAWAR, Nov 30 (APP): More than 2.1 million children in 22 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be immunized against polio in ongoing 3 day anti-polio drive, said officials of Health Department here on Friday. According to details more than two thousands teams have been constituted for the purpose that would pay door to door visit
GILGIT, Nov 30: The management of Karakuram International University (KIU) closed the faculties for a period of nine days to avoid any untoward incident as tension increased among groups of students over some issues. “University management was trying to remove misconception between two groups of students but they did not listen to us and we
