LONDON: Iran’s oil output and exports jumped in August despite U.S. sanctions, according to consultants and companies that track tanker shipments, as Tehran sells to buyers including China. Analysts said the higher exports appear to be the result of Iran’s success in evading U.S. sanctions and Washington’s discretion in enforcing them as the two countries […]
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CHITRAL: Broghil festival 2023 will commence from Sept 1 (tomorrow) in the grassy meadows of the valley known as the ‘land of yaks” adjoining the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. DC Upper Chitral Khalid Zaman told Dawn that yak polo and yak race will be the major events of the festival while the cultural traits of
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan BRICS is an acronym that stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa forming a group of developing countries and emerging economies of the world. This group has primarily been formed to counter growing influence of Group of Seven popularly known as G7, a group of the developed and
CHITRAL: A resident of Gazzal village in Lotkoh, Ayat Khan, was arrested by the local police after recovery of over one kg charas from his possession. In a statement, the Lower Chitral police on Thursday said a crackdown launched against drug peddlers on the direction of the regional police officer under the supervision of the
CHITRAL: Newly-posted District Police Officer (DPO) Lower Chitral Ikram Ullah Khan visited the Chitral Police Lines soon after taking charge of his office. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Abdul Sattar Khan and DSP headquarters Ahmed Isa accompanied DPO Ikram, who has been posted to Chitral for the second time. During the visit, the DPO inspected
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District admin seals chairlift after incident. Bus to be arranged for students using chairlift. Rescue 1122 staff given cash awards and commendation certificates. KURAGH: Three people were stranded in a chairlift after its cable snapped over the river between Kuragh and Gahlasht in Upper Chitral on Tuesday morning. However, Rescue 1122 succeeded in bringing the
CHITRAL: Local residents have Shahzada Haiderul Mulk of violating an agreement and grabbing green pastures in the Avi Shoghor area of Lower Chitral. Speaking at a press conference, the elders of Avi Shoghor, including Village Council Chairman Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Naeem, Miftahuddin, Chiragh Din and Azizuddin alleged that Shahzada Haider, the MS of the DHQ
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BOONI: A young man committed suicide in Booni while a married woman killed herself by jumping into the river in Koghuzi on Monday. Local people said Khurshid Ahmed, 22, a university graduate, was suffering from mental illness and killed himself by shooting at his house in Booni. The dead body of the woman identified as
A foreign couple alleged on Sunday that police in the Jamrud area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district harassed them, a claim that the authorities rejected, terming it “fake propaganda”. Talking to Dawn.com, Slava Skolaniya — a Russian man who is in Pakistan for tourism with his wife — said: “We were travelling in Khyber’s Jamrud when
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BOONI: A teenage girl student fell off a bridge in Raman village of Laspur valley in Upper Chitral on Saturday and was swept away by the gushing water. Rescue 1122 said the student was returning home along with her father after submitting forms for a domicile certificate at Harchin when the incident occurred. Rescue 1122
