Bashir Hussain Azad CHITRAL: A local court has dismissed a case filed against the collection of fuel price adjustment (FPA) and other taxes in electricity bills in Chitral. The case was filed by local residents through advocate Waqas Ahmad, seeking to declare the collection of FPA and other taxes from Chitral\’s electricity consumers as illegal. […]
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CHITRAL: Pakistan People\’s Party (PPP) Chitral has condemned what it called a baseless and negative campaign launched on social media by certain members of Anjuman Taraqqi Khowar against the party and former provincial minister Saleem Khan. In a press release, the PPP Chitral said the campaign stemmed from a misrepresentation of a legitimate concern regarding
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Jamshed Ahmad Chitral’s famous traditional and cultural festival, Jashn-e-Qaqlasht 2025, will commence on April 17 and continue for four days. This announcement was made at a meeting of the Jashn-e-Qaqlasht Committee held at Qaqlasht under the chairmanship of Chief Patron Mukhtar Ahmad Sangeen. The meeting was attended by committee members and sports conveners, although Committee
CHITRAL: Lower Chitral police recovered and returned the missing passport and visa of a tourist from New Zealand. The tourist\’s passport and visa had been lost during travel within the jurisdiction of the Ayun Police Station. Upon receiving the information, the police and the tourism department initiated a search and eventually found the items, handing
CHITRAL: Research-driven solutions to climate change issues of Chitral were recommended at a stakeholder workshop here on Thursday. The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Pakistan (AKAH-P), in collaboration with the BRAVE project, organized the stakeholder consultation workshop to address the impacts of climate change and assess scientific modeling for environmental planning. Representatives from the Forest
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BOONI: A jeep carrying passengers got stuck in a flash flood in Booni Gol on Thursday, Rescue 1122 Upper Chitral said. The jeep was traveling from Charun Oveer to Booni and trying to cross the stream of Booni. Upon receiving the information, a 1122 recovery team reached the scene and rescued the stranded jeep along
CHITRAL: Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Khowar (Chitral chapter) at an emergency meeting on Wednesday condemned \”offensive remarks\” made by PPP Chitral leaders and activists against Afzalullah Afzal, a known poet and literary figure of Khowar language. The remarks were made over a video clip from a humorous poem Afzal presented in a 2021 poetry session, which was recently
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CHITRAL: On the directives of District Police Officer (DPO) Lower Chitral Iftikhar Shah, a series of meetings with members of Public Liaison Committees are being held across various police circles to strengthen ties between the police and the public. As part of this initiative to remove police-public trust gap, a special session was convened at
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CHITRAL: A high-level flooding in Khot Gol in Upper Chitral has forced the evacuation of local residents to safer locations. The flood was triggered by melting snow in the surrounding mountains. Local administration on Wednesday said the gushing floodwaters caused significant damage to crops and several connecting roads near the stream. However, there have been
M. Irshad Ullah PESHAWAR: A civil society organization has an issue with the portraits of Father of the Nation showing him holding a cigarette and urged the government to remove all such pictures of him from public offices. The Provincial Alliance on Sustainable Tobacco Control in a statement emphasized that while Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
