CHITRAL: In the annual election of the District Bar Association Lower Chitral, Advocate Mominur Rehman was elected president on Tuesday. Other elected office-bearers include Advocate Waqas Ahmad as Vice President, Sajid Zafar Baig as General Secretary, Saleem Sarwar as Finance Secretary, Faisal Kamal as Joint Secretary, and Advocate Zafarul Haq as Secretary Library. Three candidates […]
CHITRAL: The Pakistan International Airlines failed to resume a weekly flight from Islamabad to Chitral on April 5 due to poor passenger response. Last month, the national flag carrier widely publicised the flight resumption after suspension for five years. However, the plan didn’t materialise as “very few” people purchased tickets. Despite flight suspension and zero
BAHAWALPUR: A man allegedly murdered his father in the greed for claiming his insurance money in Bahawalpur. According to police, in Yazman, a town in Bahawalpur district, the son took the life of his own father to claim the insurance money. Police said the suspect staged a robbery drama a week earlier during which he
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ISLAMABAD: A female flight attendant was assaulted by a passenger on a PIA flight from Islamabad to Paris. According to the airline sources, the air hostess asked a passenger to stop smoking, which enraged him. He then assaulted the flight attendant. When a male flight steward tried to intervene and protect the air hostess, the
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M. Irshad Ullah CHITRAL: Serious questions have emerged over the alleged negligence of the district administration Lower Chitral after dozens of deserving individuals were reportedly excluded from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s Ramazan relief package. Despite clear instructions issued through an official notification by the assistant director Local Government, the district administration has been accused of
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CHITRAL: A man committed suicide by jumping into the River Chitral at the Chew Bridge in Lower Chitral on Monday. The deceased was identified as Waliur Rehman, resident of Terich in Upper Chitral. He had reportedly been suffering from psychological issues since his return from Oman last year. Rescue 1122 said that after being alerted,
Jamshed Ahmed BOONI: The committee organizing the annual Kaghlasht festival in Upper Chitral discussed arrangements for the event at a meeting here. The festival is slated to be held from April 17, but the date will be confirmed and announced on April 10 keeping in view the weather conditions. The meeting chaired by Mukhtar Lal
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GILGIT: At the foot of Pakistan’s impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers. Warmer winters as a result of climate change has reduced the snowfall and subsequent seasonal snowmelt that feeds the valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, a remote region home to
ISLAMABAD: A group of Pakistani doctors and businessmen based in the US has met a senior official in Islamabad and PTI\’s founding chairman Imran Khan at the Adiala Jail. These are part of an attempt by the PTI and its sympathizers to get some relief for the jailed Imran Khan. These back-channel efforts are separate
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KARACHI: A woman opened fire on the driver of a trailer after his vehicle hit her car in Karachi, police said on Saturday. According to the police, the trailer hit the car near Isa Nagri and after the accident the woman got out of her car and opened fire on the driver. The driver of
