ISLAMABAD: The Lowari tunnel will remain closed to all kind of vehicular traffic during the nighttime for the safety of motorists and to avoid any untoward incident, National Highway Authority said in an advisory issued here on Friday. It said the prevailing extreme weather conditions and heavy snowfall in the area and slippery roads necessitated […]
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CHITRAL: A large number of contractors have shown interest in purchasing spoiled wheat lying in the sale points of the food department in the district. The food department wants to auction 1,595 bags of spoiled wheat lying in its sale points in different parts of Chitral. But on Friday, an auction scheduled to be held
ISLAMABAD: A nursing assistant, Khush Bakht, has reportedly gone missing in Karachi. According to reports, she was reportedly working at Saifee Hospital in North Nazimabad as a nursing sssistant. Last Friday, she left her home located in the Ali Jiwani Housing Society for work in the morning and went missing. The family members started searching
CHITRAL: Two foreign hunters have arrived here in a helicopter for hunting a markhor and an ibex in the Toshi village conservatory. According to Divisional Forest Officer (wildlife) Muhammad Hussain, the two foreign hunters have started a search for suitable preys. Christopher from USA has a hunting trophy licence for a markhor and paid $92000
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By Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR: On August 12, 1947, two days before the creation of Pakistan, a captain of British Army Geoffrey Douglas Langlands arrived in Rawalpindi after a three days long train journey from Bangalore. The captain was loaned to Pakistani army. The journey, Mr Langlands then took in those uncertain times led him to
CHITRAL: The people of Shoghor have condemned the registration of a case against a young man on the charge of shooting a markhor and accused the officials of the wildlife deparment for mishandling the animal\’s injuries leading to its death. In a statement, they said the time when someone shot and injured the markhor at
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By Dr Inayatullah Faizi A famous saying goes, “He came, he looked around and he conquered.” In fact, this sentence is the life sketch of late Mir Subhanuddin, a civil service officer, a lawyer and an intellectual of high caliber. He would quote Jaun Elia to highlight his achievements in life, “Me raigan gya” (my
CHITRAL: A road in Bumburate valley of Chitral, which was closed to vehicular traffic in Dubaaj area as heavy boulders fell on it during the recent rains, was reopened on Tuesday, allowing hundreds of stranded tourists to travel to their respective destinations. Executive engineer of communication and works division, Chitral, Maqbool-i-Azam told Dawn that the
PESHAWAR: The provincial establishment department has turned down the proposal of higher education department to promote 480 teachers of government colleges without conducting mandatory training, according to officials. They said that higher education department had moved a summary to Chief Minister Mahmood Khan to exempt the teachers, whose promotion was due but they couldn’t conduct
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DROSH. For the first time, a snow sports festival is being organized in Chitral by the Hindukush Snow Sports Club in collaboration and support of the Pakistan Winters Sports Federation, Pakistan Air Force and the army. The festival will be held in Madaklasht valley from Feb 15 to 17. Talking to the media, Prince Hasamul
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