Muntazir Ali This Tuesday, April 15, I taught a seminar on \”The Quran, Environment, and Climate Change\” as part of my Approaches to the Quran course. My students – more than half of them from non-Muslim backgrounds and studying the Quran for the first time – grappled with questions most of us assume belong to […]
BOONI: Kaghlasht once again echoed with the sounds of celebration as the annual festival commenced on Friday. The event, organized under the auspices of the Culture and Tourism Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, features a rich blend of traditional and modern sports, including polo, football, cricket, volleyball, and indigenous games. The festival will conclude on April
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PARKUSAP: Residents of Parkusap village and adjoining areas raised a large number of pressing public issues during an open forum (Khuli Kachehri) organized by the Upper Chitral district administration on Thursday. Among the major demands put forward by the local community were the immediate restoration of the Ghoro-Parkusap road and its handover to the Communication
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WASHINGTON (Reuters): In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet\’s atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes. The two gases – dimethyl
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has replied to a letter from the GB government regarding the joint organization of the annual Shandur festival, sources told ChitralToday. The KP government has assured the GB government that reservations expressed in its recent letter would be removed and the event would be organized on \”co-equals basis.\” Usually Shandur
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Bashir Hussain Azad CHITRAL: A rally was held in Lower Chitral to press the federal government for the release of PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan. The rally was led by MPA Lower Chitral Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Forests Pir Musawar Shah. PTI workers and supporters participated in
BOONI: In an initiative to uplift the differently-abled community of Upper Chitral, Niaz Support, in collaboration with its official on-ground partner Al Karim Welfare Society, distributed customised wheelchairs directly at the doorsteps of beneficiaries. The wheelchair were handed to the beneficiaries across Booni, Ghoru Parkusab, Kushum, Warijun, Zanay, Utul, and Nogram of Mulkhow Union Council
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BOONI: The anti-polio campaign set to begin across Upper Chitral from April 21 was formally launched at the district headquarters in Booni. Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Haseebur Rehman Khan Khalil inaugurated the campaign by administering polio drops to children at the headquarters hospital. On the occasion, the district health officer, WHO and other relevant officials
BOONI: The district administration of Upper Chitral on Wednesday said it has intensified efforts to eliminate encroachments. On the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Haseebur Rehman Khan Khalil, Tehsildar Mastuj Shafiur Rehman along with the district sports officer and revenue officials visited the government playground in Charun Oveer. Reports had indicated that certain individuals
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CHITRAL: Lower Chitral police personnel donated blood at a camp set up at the Police Lines by Fatimid Foundation aimed at supporting thalassemia patients. A large number of police officers and personnel donated blood, reflecting their commitment to community service and humanitarian causes. District Police Officer (DPO) Iftikhar Shah visited the camp and commended the
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