CHITRAL: Maulana Muhammad Ashraf, a popular figure of Laspur valley of Upper Chitral, passed away at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Chitral on Friday. He was 99. Maulana Ashraf was father of well-known scholar Dr Inayatullah Faizi. He will be laid to rest in his native village of Balim on Saturday.–Bashir Hussain
CHITRAL: In another suicide incidence, a 30-year-old man killed himself by jumping into the river from the Osiak bridge on Friday. Rescue 1222 said the victim, Shuja, son of Faiz Muhammad, was a resident of Alian Dap, Drosh. It said he was mentally stressed. Rescue 1122 said its divers have started efforts to recover the
CHITRAL: Awami National Party leader Hussain Shah Yousafzai has said that incidents of mysterious disappearance of people in the country is regrettable and against the Constitution. “Awarding punishment is the responsibility of courts under the relevant laws, not of individual and other institutions,” he said this while talking to the media here on Thursday. ANP
CHITRAL: Wheat crop owned by Rehmat Aziz in Singoor village was burnt in a fire on Friday. Rescue 1122 said its staff put out the fire and saved other crops from the flames.
ISLAMABAD: A Frontier Corps soldier belonging to Rech in Upper Chitral was martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan\’s Kharan district, the military\’s media affairs wing said on Friday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces conducted an IBO in Hulmerg. \”Two terrorists, involved in various acts of violence/terrorism
