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Woman gives birth in Rescue 1122 ambulance

Woman gives birth in ambulance

CHITRAL: A woman gave birth to a baby girl in a Rescue 1122 ambulance at Bakrabad on Saturday. Rescue 1122 said the wife of Khan Badshah, a native of Arandu Gol currently living in Ashiret, was brought to the THQ hospital Drosh for delivery. Later, she was being shifted to the DHQ hospital Chitral when […]

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‘Tourists should be educated to respect local values’

Chilimjusht festival from May 12

CHITRAL: Eidul Fitr and the Chilimjusht spring festival of the Kalash tribe are likely to fall on the same day next month after more than three decades, which is set to attract an unprecedented number of tourists if the coronavirus situation does not worsen by that time. The spring festival is scheduled to commence from

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20 posts of specialists vacant at DHQ hospital for years

One killed, two injured in accident

CHITRAL: One person was killed and two others were injured when a recklessly driven Datsun ran over them at Bakrabad on Friday. Police said Rehmatullah, Wasimullah and another person belonging to Kushum were digging a water supply line for their new house at Achingol, Bakrabad, when the Datsun coming from Drosh ran over them. The

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Youth shot dead in Morder village

Youth shot dead in Morder village

(Picture courtesy: Zain Muluk) BOONI: A youth was shot dead outside his home in Morder village of Upper Chitral by an unknown person at Sehri time on Monday, local people told ChitralToday on Monday. They identified the murdered boy as Haider Ali, son of Noor Zaman, a resident of Morder, tehsil Mulkhow.  The victim was

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Experts work to develop writing system in Sheikhani language

Experts work to develop writing system in Shekhani language

CHITRAL: The Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) held a five-day activity to support the writing system development in Shekhani language in Chitral last week. On average, 12 people who represented more than three dialects of the language participated in the event. The participants reached a consensus for developing spelling guide, rules, characters etc. to introduce

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