BOONI: Drivers of public and goods transport vehicles were fined for overloading on roads to different areas of Upper Chitral on Wednesday. Shah Adnan, Assistant Commissioner Mastuj at Booni, along with district administration and police officials set up halting points on different roads and caught overloaded vehicles. The drivers were told that if they violated […]
CHITRAL: A woman from Ayun, who was married to a man from Nowshera, was found hanged in Kharian, Punjab, where her husband worked. The deceased, Samina Niaz, daughter of Jang Aman, aged 26, of Muldeh Ayun, was mother of a two-year-old daughter. An army official reported to the police in Kharian Cantonment that Nadir Pervez
CHITRAL: Chitral town traders on Tuesday elected new office-bearers of their union headed by Bashir Ahmed Khan after a gap of three years. The panel of Bashir Ahmed Khan, who belongs to the PPP, scored 1,918 of the total 3,419 votes cast, while Noor Ahmed Khan Charvelu of the PML-N bagged 1,501 votes.–Bashir Hussain Azad
ISLAMABAD: The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (Akah) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the office of sustainability, National University of Sciences and Technology (Nust), to develop sustainable habitat plans for disaster-prone valleys in northern Pakistan. According to a press release issued by Nust, through the partnership Akah will collaborate with Nust to develop
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Shadman Zain (Morder) Civilized nations celebrate their fallen heroes to engrave their names on honor bright crest. It is their extraordinary featsand services that owe huge gratitude, recognition and remembrance. The 6thof September marks the defence day of Pakistan, which is celebrated every year to commemorate the heroes of 1965 war. Decades ago, on this
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CHITRAL: A man in Gobor has been accused of occupying the land of an expatriate besides attacking and dragging him to court as a pressure tactics. Addressing a press conference here, Ilyas Ahmed, who works abroad, said in 2009 his father had purchased 790 kanals of land at Zedak area of Gabor from Hyder Ali
CHITRAL: About 24 doctors at a meeting here warned of a strike at the District Headquarters Hospital Lower Chitral against a raid conducted at the house of a colleague by officials of the district administration. The meeting arranged by the Chitral Doctors Forum was chaired by Dr Gulzar Alam. The doctors said the officials led
CHITRAL: Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan (AKFP) president Abdul Shakoor said here that his organisation was providing the facilities, including accommodation, food, healthcare, education and sports, to 15,000 orphans in its 15 orphanages across the country. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 16th orphanage, he said that the AKFP had pioneered the field of orphan care in
CHITRAL: The dead body of the prayer leader who went missing while returning home in Koghuzi from Golen on Aug 29 was on Saturday recovered from the river. Rescue 1122 said Tajul Bashar, the prayer leader of Sheghnian Deh mosque in Koghuzi, had gone to Golen on Aug 28. The next day while returning home,
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has approved setting up of the district election commissioner office in Upper Chitral. The approval comes two years after the establishment of the new district of Upper Chitral. It may be noted that before the general elections of 2023, the local government elections are due in the KP province
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