BOONI: Retired ambassador Muhammad Aslam Khan was laid to rest at his ancestral village of Shogram in Upper Chitral on Sunday. He passed away after a protracted illness at the age of 69 on March 14 at a hospital in Kuwait where he had settled after retirement as Pakistan\’s ambassador to that country in 2015.
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari\’s daughter Asifa Bhutto will be contesting by-election for a National Assembly seat in Nawabshah, Sindh. The seat NA-207 has been vacated by Mr Zardari after he became the president of Pakistan. The by-election on the seat will be held on April 21. Soon after taking oath as the president, Mr
CHITRAL: The federal government paid compensation amounting to 16.1 million rupees to 28 families affected by recent heavy snowfall in different parts of Lower Chitral. The compensation cheques were distributed among the affected people by PML-N district leadership at the office of the deputy commissioner on Saturday. Those whose houses were totally damaged in the
RAWALPINDI: Two officers and five jawans of the army were martyred by terrorists in Mir Ali area of North Wazirstan, the military\’s media wing said here on Saturday. The ISPR said that terrorists rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a checkpost at Mir Ali due to which five soldiers embraced martyrdom. Part of the checkpost building
CHITRAL: The residents of Gobor in Garam Chashma valley of Lower Chitral are still cut off as the road to the remote area blocked by snowfall couldn’t be reopened even after two weeks. The residents are reportedly facing shortage of essential food items and there is no healthcare facility to treat patients. However, the district
