CHITRAL, Feb 17: An 11-year old girl reportedly hanged herself to death in Awi village of upper Chitral on Saturday night. This was the second case of ‘suicide’ in upper Chitral in less than one week. The residents of Awi said Fareeha Ali, daughter of Rahmat Ali in Awi Lasht, was found hanging inside her room […]
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CHITRAL, Feb 14: The Chitral Integrated Area Development Program (CIADP) launched a tree plantation drive in collaboration with the district government here. Additional Deputy Commissioner Abdul Ghaffar was chief guest on the occasion while Commandant Chitral Scouts, divisional forest officer wildlife, forest range officer and heads of all departments were present. On this occasion, the
CHITRAL, Dec 27: Local leaders and activists of the PPP paid tributes to Benazir Bhutto, the slain chairperson of the party, on her fifth death anniversary here on Thursday. In this connection, special gatherings were held in Chitral town and Booni. At the gathering in Chitral’s town hall, PPP district president and provincial minister for
By Zahiruddin CHITRAL, Dec 23: The population of Himalayan wolf (canis lupus) is fast declining in the pastures of both upper and lower Chitral situated at the foot of Hindu Kush. Shafiqullah Khan, a wildlife consultant working with NGOs here, told this correspondent on Sunday that the animal used to have a considerable population in
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CHITRAL, Dec 17: At least 855 primary schoolteachers were promoted to the basic pay scale (BPS) of 14 and 15 by the departmental promotion committee Chitral. The promotion of the teachers – 595 males and 260 females – was approved at a meeting of the committee chaired by Minhajuddin, the deputy district officer (revenue and
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly sought on Tuesday a detailed government response on foreign-funded development projects, with focus on billions of dollars from the Kerry-Lugar fund. Members of the committee also expressed their reservations over spending of public money by non-governmental organisations without any effective government control. They were of
CHITRAL, Dec 8: The District Football Tournament 2012 concluded here on Saturday. About 45 teams from across the district participated in the tournament. The final match was played between Denin Lasht and Jhang Bazar A teams. The Jhang Bazar team defeated his rival with four goals against one. In the first half, Jhang Bazar scored
CHITRAL, Nov 10: If young people having engineering degrees are running from pillar to post in search of decent jobs, what should one talk about unemployment among the ordinary graduates? Once upon a time, youth in Chitral got employment after passing even the SSC exams. But now the situation has completelly changed only because the
CHITRAL, Oct 22: Khowar scholars and teachers at a day-long workshop here discussed the ways how to streamline and bring uniformity into the alphabets of the language as it is set to be included in the primary level syllabus from the next academic session in the valley. The seminar held at Commerce College hall was
CHITRAL, Oct 22: The People’s Students Federation (PSF)’s women wing Chitral has postponed its planned sit-in outside the President House in Islamabad till five days after the upcoming Eidul Azha. According to a statement issued by Bibi Jan, the president of the PSF women wing Chitral, here on Monday, the decision was taken on the
