CHITRAL (April 23, 2025): Education and Auqaf departments have been directed to launch awareness campaigns to check the spread of dengue in Lower Chitral. The direction was issued on behalf of Deputy Commissioner Mohsin Iqbal at a meeting here, said the DC office in a statement. The Education Department was told to take the lead, […]
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Karimullah | ChitralToday BOONI: The All-Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) Upper Chitral has rejected the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s pension reforms, calling them an “economic murder” of public servants. The alliance has demanded that the government withdraw the decision immediately. Newly-elected office-bearers of AGEGA were administered oath by Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Upper Chitral Moazzam Bangash
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CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police recovered 23 grams of ice (crystal meth) from a man and arrested him. According to a spokesman, a police team, headed by Head Constable Shamsul Anbiya during a routine checking stopped a suspicious individual, Murtaza Khan, son of Ghafar Khan, resident of Ayun. Upon search, a substantial quantity of the
ISLAMABAD: The government has taken a major step for the privatization of PIA by deciding to invite expressions of interest (EOIs) from local and international investors from April 24, 2025. Sources confirmed that the government will give investors at least one month to submit their applications. In this process, the government will offer 51% to
CHITRAL: As officials concerned continued a crackdown, a medical store in Drosh, Chitral Lower, was sealed during an inspection on April 22. The action marked the beginning of a wider crackdown to enforce drug regulations under the Drugs Act 1976, said the district administration. The inspection team visited 12 premises in total. They sealed one
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CHITRAL: The PPP Lower Chitral has suspended the basic membership of its Vice President Muzaffar Ahmad and senior worker Muslim Khan for one week for violating the party line regarding the Bohtuli conservancy issue involving MPA Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir. According to a press release issued by PPP\’s District Information Secretary Nizar Wali Shah, both
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RESHUN: The residents of Reshun in Upper Chitral have begun building a protective embankment along the Yarkhun River to safeguard their properties from erosion. Their efforts underscore their resilience and the failure of government bodies to address climate change disasters effectively. Men, women, elderly citizens, and even children have joined the effort, picking up shovels
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MASTUJ, April 22, 2025: The Upper Chitral police said that strong steps have been taken to curb drug peddling. In this regard, SDPO Mastuj Sher Raja recently chaired a meeting on the direction of District Police Officer Muhammad Atiq Shah. All SHOs, post in-charges and clerical staff attended the meeting and vowed to put in
KOSHT: The people of Upper Chitral continue to be deprived of basic infrastructure, with the deteriorating bridge connecting Morder and Kosht standing as a stark example of official neglect. This rickety bridge, made of wood and ropes, is the only connection between the two major villages. Schoolchildren, women, the elderly and even patients are forced
ISLAMABAD: Senior leaders of Pakistan’s major political parties have condemned the recent attacks on international food chains carried out in the name of solidarity with Palestinians. They warned that such actions harm the country’s national interests. During a televised program, representatives from PML-N, PPP and PTI unanimously rejected the targeting of global food franchises, stating
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