RAWALPINDI: PIA has restored its old slogan ‘Great People to Fly With’ and discontinued its new blue logo. A directive issued by PIA Chief Executive Officer and chairman Air Marshal Arshad Malik informed all concerned that it has been approved that the airline’s new blue logo has been discontinued from stationery products, billboards, documents and […]
CHITRAL: Representatives of contractors here on Monday said that they would boycott tenders of different government projects to be held on Jan 11. Office-bearers of All Contractors Association Chitral, including Sideeq Ahmed, Fazlur Rehman, Sultan Dawood and Saifur Rehman, said the association\’s provincial chapter had already decided that until the government resolved contractors\’ issues they
CHITRAL: On the complaint of the wildlife department, the police have arrested a man and are searching for another on the charge of shooting a markhor and injuring it at the Sha Sha conservatory near Shoghor village. The 10-year-old markhor was later caught by the wildlife department officials and the local people of Shoghor and
ISLAMABAD: Environment activists and political workers from Chitral met PTI government\’s ministers here and offered their support for the Clean and Green Pakistan Programme launched across the country by the federal government. In a statement issued to ChitralToday, Chitral Heritage and Environment Protection Society (CHEPS)\’ Chairman Rehmat Ali Jaffar Dost said during meetings with Minister
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YARKHUN: A severe cold wave has gripped all parts of upper Chitral after heavy snowfall a day earlier. The cold wave hit the area after the weather turned sunny. Nighttime temperatures have dipped to minus five to 10 in most remote villages. The cold wave has increased the demand for firewood and people are mostly
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CHITRAL: Within two years of its establishment, the University of Chitral has launched second research journal on linguistics and literature to provide a forum for scholarly interaction of the researchers in the disciplines of linguistics, literary and cultural studies. Prof Badshah Munir Bukhari, project director of the university, said the journal sought to publish quality
CHITRAL: Rain/snowfall continuing for hours lashed the entire valley of Chitral disrupting routine life and cutting off link with other parts of the country. When this report was filed on Saturday morning, over six inch of snow had been reported from the approach roads of Lowari tunnel, forcing the traffic to block. Reports said a
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CHITRAL: Prominent literary figure of Khowar language and retired principal Mola Nigah Nigah passed away at his residence here early on Saturday. His funeral prayer was held at polo ground in the afternoon in which a large number of people participated. Mola Nigah spent his entire life in preserving and promoting Khowar language and culture.
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By Dr Mir Afzal Tajik This article is on behalf of the thousands of young men and women of Chitral who were fortunate to study at the Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) in Karachi and/or its Professional Development Centre in Chitral, to express our respect, love and gratitude to our beloved mlma
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DROSH: The Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in Drosh is without a gynae doctor for the last a few weeks due to which women patients are suffering the most. There were about three women doctors at the hospital but they were transferred out of the town one after the other without providing a replacement. The social
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