CHITRAL: A youth committed suicide by jumping into the river here on Tuesday. The youth, identified as Waqas, a student of BS programme, jumped into the river in the afternoon due to unknown reasons. Eyewitness said that the youth tried to swim but the gushing water swept him away in a jiffy. The rescue personnel […]
Press release ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Pakistan (AKAHP) commemorated the World Habitat Day in accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/202 at an event held at a hotel here on Monday. This observance served as a moment of reflection on the condition of
Gul Hamad Farooqui CHITRAL: Over 3,000 deodar saplings have been planted in the Chitral Gol National Park during the ongoing plantation drive by the forest department. According to Mohammad Altaf Ali Shah Shah, Divisional Forest Officer Wildlife Chitral Gol National Park, the core zone of the park covers an area of 7,750 hectares while the buffer zone added later
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Press release KARACHI: The Ismaili CIVIC Pakistan through Ismaili Council for Pakistan and WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF-Pakistan) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to align efforts and resources towards shared goals, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and the enhancement of community resilience. The partnership signifies a commitment to fostering positive change
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Gul Hamad Farooqui CHITRAL: The Public Health Engineering Department has started shifting the pipe supplying drinking water from Golen Gol to Chitral town from the middle of the under-construction Chitral-Mastuj road to the side. The pipeline was laid to bring water form natural fountain of Golen in 2010. At that time the narrow Chitral-Mastuj road
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Gul Hamad Farooqi CHITRAL: Best quality onion seeds of different colors and varieties from Chitral are not only being supplied to local consumers but also being sold across Pakistan and exported to a number of countries. This was stated by officials of an organization in Chitral that produces onion seeds. The company called Mangus Kahl
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CHITRAL: A civil society organization working for construction and development of roads in Chitral has called upon the army top brass to take notice of the discrimination against Chitral by successive governments. Maulana Israruddin Al Hilal, Waqas Muhammad, Sajidullah Advocate, Inayatullah Aseer, Nisar Ahmed, Sher Zameen and Gul Muhammad of Chitral Development Movement said it
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BOONI: District and sessions judge Upper Chitral Amjad Hussain convicted a man for killing his 60-year-old woman relative and attempting to murder two others, including his wife, in Bang village of Yarkhoon valley two years ago. In a short order, the judge awarded life term with rigorous imprisonment to Junaid Akbar, son of Sardar Khan,
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CHITRAL: Meant for the conservation of snow leopard in its habitat of Hindukush belt, a landscape management plan (LMP) was presented to stakeholders during a consultative workshop in Chitral. The LMP is meant to salvage the large feline and its environment with increased participation of authorities and the communities playing their respective roles, according to
SONOGHUR: The new building of the Basic Health Unit (BHU) at Sonoghur was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Muhammad Khalid Zaman on Sept 19, 2023 (Tuesday). The building remained incomplete due to unavailability of funds since 2016. Speaking at the inaugural function, village council member and social activist Sadiqur Rehman thanked the district administration
