September 2014

Conviction of Hunza residents on terror charges condemned

GILGIT, Sept 27: The Supreme Appellate Court Bar Association announced to challenge in the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court the decision of the local anti-terrorism court sentencing to life imprisonment the Progressive Youth Front president Baba Jan along with 16 others in connection with the Hunza riots case. Talking to reporters here, the bar`s president Ehsan Ali

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Health workers in Chitral regularized

CHITRAL, Sept 27: The health department has regularized the services of all the lady health workers (LHWs) and health supervisors having over 10 years of service. Lady Health Programme’s district coordinator Dr Ibrahim Khan said the number of LHWs (BPS-5) and lady health supervisors (BPS-7) was 475 and 20 respectively besides 18 drivers working in

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Complaints about PTI meddling in education dept. increasing, MPA told

CHITRAL, Sept 26: A delegation of the National Youth Assembly (NYA) from Chitral complained to MPA Fouzia Bibi about the increasing interference of the PTI leaders and workers in the affairs of the education department of Chitral. The members, including Abbas Hussain and Shahid Ahmad, informed the PTI MPA at a meeting that public complaints

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Death from falling stones: Village conservation body to also compensate victim\’s family

CHITRAL, Sept 24: The Boryough village conservation committee (VCC) president Mir Hussain on Tuesday said it was the basic responsibility of his organisation to protect the village from boulders rolling down the mountainous pasture. The boulders roll down the mountains due to the movement of the wildlife, especially Kashmir markhor. In the picture below, markhors

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Young artists trained to revive old Khowar music, dance

CHITRAL, Sept 23: Training sessions for young artists were held in Chitral to revive, protect and promote age-old traditions of music and dance amongst the Kho tribe of Chitral. The activity was undertaken by the Chitral Association for Mountain Area Tourism (CAMAT) through funding from USAID-SGAFP and implemented by the National Rural Support Proramme (NRSP).

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