PESHAWAR: An improvised explosive device (IED) blast took place outside a mosque in the limits of the Urmur police station in Peshawar before Iftar in which four people, including Mufti Munir Shakir, were injured. According to the police, the explosion partially damaged the wall of the mosque and the injured were shifted to Lady Reading […]
The 30-year-old man arrested by the Mastuj police on the charge of murdering his 13-year-old stepbrother has confessed to the crime in the court. According to the district police officer of Upper Chitral, the murder of the boy, Sheraz Ahmed, was a test case and the police worked on all angles and prepared a strong
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CHITRAL: The road to the remote Parsan valley in Chitral Lower is closed for about two days, causing immense problems to the people of the area. Local people said that rockfalls blocked the narrow road through a mountain and the boulders could be removed by using machinery only. The road to the Parsan valley remains
CHITRAL: Lower Chitral police on Saturday said they have arrested a man from Dir district allegedly involved in the recent theft/burglary cases in Chitral. District Police Officer (DPO) Iftikhar Shah said that there had been complaints about theft of household items, especially gold ornaments and other valuables, in Chitral and Drosh towns within the past
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ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry on Friday asked all \”illegal foreigners\” and Afghan Citizen Card holders to leave the country before March 31, warning they would otherwise be deported from April 1. Islamabad has in the past blamed militant attacks and crimes on Afghan citizens, who form the largest portion of migrants in the country. Kabul
MASTUJ: Police have arrested a young man on the charge of murdering his 13-year-old stepbrother in Laspur valley of Upper Chitral. An official in the police told ChitralToday about the murder of boy in Laspur that Eidur Rehman, 30, had been taken into custody after collecting evidence in the murder case of Sheraz Ahmad, son
CHITRAL: Butchers belonging to the Ismaili and Sunni communities of Garam Chashma have resolved their issues on the intervention of the local administration. In this regard, an agreement was signed by the two groups in the presence of the district administration officials, notables of the area and traders\’ representatives. The issues related to the location
ISLAMABAD: The Australian High Commission (AHC), in partnership with Kinnaird College for Women and the Pakistan Cricket Board, hosted the 6th AHC-Kinnaird Girls’ Cricket Cup, bringing together Pakistani school girls to compete, lead, and break barriers through sport. The participants were specifically drawn from communities with limited resources, ensuring that girls from all walks of
MASTUJ: A teenage boy, who went missing a few days ago in a village in Laspur valley of Upper Chitral, was found dead in a wooded area near his village, local people said on Wednesday. They said that Shiraz Ahmed, son of Sher Muhammad, resident of Raman village, disappeared after leaving home on the night
DIZG (YARKHUN): An agreement on a solarization project worth over Rs3.5 million has been reached between the Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) and Faizia Development Organization (FDO) of Dizg village in Upper Chitral. The project will augment community efforts for tree plantation along the River Yarkhun and the passageway of Dizg Gol (stream) to
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