ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: After the directives of Peshawar High Court (PHC)’s election tribunal to recount the postal ballot papers and rejected votes in PK-90 upper Chitral to resolve the tug of war between the winner and the runner-up, PPP candidate Sardar Hussain has taken it as a done victory after a hard battle. In the […]
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CHITRAL, Sept 5: The road leading to the Kalash valleys of Bumburate and Rumbur could not be opened for vehicular traffic after been washed away by the flash floods about 40 days ago. The residents of the valleys have complained that the closure of road has destroyed the tourism industry in the valleys on one
CHITRAL, Sept 5: A book, Mushk-i-Khutan, was launched at a ceremony held at the Government Centennial Model High School in Chitral on Thursday. The ceremony was presided over by Professor Rahmat Karim Baig while Amir Hasanatuddin alias Shahzada Gul was the chief guest on the occasion. The book was written by Ataliq Mohammad Shakoor Gahrib
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PESHAWAR, Sept 5: Tanzeem Tahafuz-e-Haqooq (TTH) Chitral protested outside the Peshawar Press Club on Wednesday and demanded 30 megawatts of electricity be supplied to the people living in the district where Golen Gol hydropower project is being constructed. The demonstrators were led by TTH Chairman Sadiq Amin and General Secretary Shakiruddin. Amin criticized the federal
CHITRAL, Sept 4: The reported suicide of a woman in Booni has turned out to be murder in the hands of husband. The police said that the husband allegedly killed his wife and threw her chopped body into the river and later complained to the police that she had committed suicide by jumping into the
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During the election campaign and subsequent press conferences, PTI Chairman Imran Khan outspokenly claimed that if his party won the election it would eradicate corruption in the whole country within 90 days. It was regarded as an ambitious claim by rational analysts but the public at large had strong belief on the claim and was
US intelligence reports said senior Pakistani military and intelligence officials knew of and possibly ordered a broad campaign of extrajudicial killings of militants and other adversaries, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, adding that public disclosure of such information could have forced the Obama administration to sever aid to the Pakistani armed forces on account
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After abolition of the local government system and re-introduction of old and tested commissioner system in KP as well as in Chitral people were happy that some sort of administrative reform will be visible in market area especially in case of market price fixation. But all the hopes dashed to ground when no pro-active steps
CHITRAL, Sept 3: The increasing Himalayan wolf population in buffer zone area of Chitral Gol National Park continues to attack and devour bulls of local farmers on the pasture where they are left to graze freely for months in summer season. A number of affected farmers told this correspondent that they had suffered heavy losses
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