CHITRAL: Construction work on Garam Chashma to Khas Barandas road was launched on Thursday. A press release stated that the NHA started the road construction work on the direction of JUI-F federal minister for communication Asad Mehmood. Survey for the road was completed two days ago and funds have been sanctioned by Prime Minister Shahbaz […]
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) has stayed the proposed auction of gas plants arranged for three locations in Chitral by the previous PML-N federal government. The stay was ordered on a petition filed by Drosh Action Forum president Razitu Billah through his lawyer Sher Haider. The plants were to be installed in Drosh, Ayun and
A transformer which has become albatross around consumers\’ neck. I\’m writing this letter on behlaf of the 500 people of Jangbazar, Chitral, to bring into the notice of the concerned departments the issue of a transformer which frequently develops fault creating lots of problems for the consumers. There\’s only one transformer in front of Kashmir
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TAXILA: Police in Hassanabdal have arrested a man hailing from Chitral for allegedly murdering the ex-husband of his sister a few weeks ago. According to the police, the suspected killer, Sadiqullah, son of Amanullah, a resident of Ursoon, Drosh, had gone underground after murdering Amin, the ex-husband of his sister. A court in Hassanabdal had
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CHITRAL: Three boys fell from a bridge in Zanglasht area of Torkhow, Upper Chitral, and drowned in a river on Friday evening. The boys were returning home at Khashoon Zanglasht after playing football in a ground in Bozon Washich when the incident occurred while crossing a pedestrian bridge over Torkhow river. The deceased were identified
CHITRAL: Doctors, paramedics and Class-IV staff continued their protest sit-in against the district administration for getting the house of a lady dental surgeon vacated at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ), Chitral. Addressing the protesters, Dr Abbas Hayat, Dr Mahmood Alam, Dr Shagufta and others said that officials of the district administration had violated the norms
CHITRAL: A jeep driver died from electrocution near Ayun on Monday evening, it emerged on Tuesday. Local people identified the deceased as Abdul Rahim, a resident of Saroozjal in the Bumburate valley. They said Rahim along with his helper Abdul Basit, also from Saroozjal, was going to load sand/gravels into his jeep near Chitar bridge
CHITRAL: The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF-II) Project of the UNDP organised a district-level stakeholder coordination and communication workshop in Upper Chitral to highlight the objectives and achievements of the project and record feedback from the communities and the government departments for immediate action. The provincial team of the GLOF-II Project conducted the workshop, which
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The only figure that the regime deems worthy of open adulation is President Emomali Rahmon. Authorities in Tajikistan have within the space of a week forced the closure of two important religious institutions in the capital: a tariqa, or school, used by adherents of the Ismaili Shia faith and a bookshop trading in Islamic literature.
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MORDER (UPPER CHITRAL): Like other parts of the country, Defence Day was celebrated on 6th of September 2022 in Morder to commemorate the services of the martyrs of 1971 war with zeal and fervor. Mr. Adnan Zain Ul Abidin, manager National Bank of Pakistan, presided over the ceremony whereas SahibUr Rehman, Principal Government Higher Secondary
