CHITRAL: A five-day special national immunisation days (SNIDs) campaign for polio eradication was inaugurated in Upper and Lower Chitral districts on Saturday. Lower Chitral deputy commissioner Naveed Ahmed opened the campaign by administering oral polio vaccine to a number of children in the Women and Children Hospital. Later, he led an awareness walk which started […]
A suicide bomber struck near an education centre in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least 18 people in the latest attack to rock the conflict-wracked country. Violence on the ground has spiked in recent weeks despite the Taliban and the Afghan government holding peace talks in Qatar to end the country\’s grinding war.
Chief Minister Mahmood Khan announced different projects, in including construction of Dir Expressway, upgradation of District Headquarters Hospital Upper Dir to Category-A hospital, upgradation of Partak police post to police station and provision of Rs350 million for the construction and rehabilitation of various link roads. He was addressing a public gathering at Patrak valley of
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CHITRAL: Speakers at a function held in connection with World Snow Leopard Day here emphasised conservation of the wild cat for its pivotal role in ecological balance and said support of women should be enlisted to achieve the goal. Held in the University of Chitral in collaboration with Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF), the function was
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AYUN: The new office building of Habib Bank in Ayun was opened at a function on Friday. Prominent literary personality Qazi Muhammad Nizam inaugurated the premises by cutting a ribbon. Area manager of the bank Rehmat Zafar told the gathering that the building is equipped with new banking facilities, including an automated teller nachine (ATM).
