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Afzal Ali of Booni passes away

BOONI: Chitral\’s well-known personality Afzal Ali, popularly known as Secretary, of Booni passed away on Monday morning at the age of 90. He is survived by one of his two wives, two sons and six daughters. Family sources told ChitralToday that Afzal Ali suffered a heart attack and passed away at his home early this

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Injured mountaineer dies

SKARDU: A Pakistani mountaineer injured near the Camp 1 of Broad Peak in Gilgit-Baltistan died today. Local mountaineers had formed a team to go to the mountain and bring him down for treatment. However, Muhammad Murad Sadpara passed away before he could be brought down. He had scaled four of the world’s highest peaks, including

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Transgender persons protest police harassment

M. Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: The transgender community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held a protest demonstration against police harassment and demanding action. The protesters gathered in front of the KP assembly building, and alleged that police personnel regularly extort money from them, physically abuse them besides denying them their basic rights. Dolphin, one of the protest leaders,

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Waves of jubilation for Olympics gold

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani javelin thrower\’s record-breaking win of gold medal at the Olympics Games in Paris has sent waves of jubilation across the country with government and opposition members unanimously passing a congratulatory resolution in the National Assembly on Friday.  In the Javelin final at the Olympics Games, Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal with a 92.97

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