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Parents, civil society delegation discuss Langlands school issue with DC Chitral

June 17, 2015

CHITRAL, June 17: A delegation of parents, political figures and civil society members, led by Professor (Retd) Syed Taufeeq Jan, called upon the Deputy Commissioner Chitral today at DC Office Chitral. The delegation included Advocate Abdul Wali, Abdul Latif PTI, Riaz Ahmad Diwanbegi, Shahzada Amir Hasanat Uddin, Dr Noor Ul Islam, Dr Gulzar Ahmad, Muhammad

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Et tu Brute? The rise and fall of Langlands School

June 15, 2015

Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, June 15: The decision taken by 97-year-old G.D. Langlands, the former Principal of Langlands Public School and College Chitral, to remove Carey Shofield as the principal has drawn lots of flak in Chitral with local people terming the move the last nail in the coffin of education in the backward area. Background

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Seven billion dreams, one planet!

June 8, 2015

The major event was celebrated in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Chitral campus, in which environmentalists and Worldlife representatives delivered speeches on environmental challenges in Chitral and climate change in the world. Chitral-wide green clubs in their own targeted areas held walks with placards, banners and charts, and civil society also took interest in awareness programs

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Scouts, police show preparedness to ensure security

May 29, 2015

CHITRAL: Scouts, police showed preparedness to ensure security in the district. Led by the commander 143 wing Chitral Scouts Lt. Col Mehmudul Hassan, the security team also visited different polling stations in the garrison town and inspected the security measures. SDPO Drosh Zafar Ahmed and Captain Tariq were also present. The SDPO briefed the wing

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Battling for Shandur: Chitral to pull out of hosting polo chukkers

May 5, 2015

By Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR, May 5: The Chitral district administration has officially asked the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government to cancel a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Gilgit-Baltistan on co-hosting the Shandur Polo Festival. Chitral Deputy Commissioner Aminul Haq confirmed that he had written a letter to the Malakand commissioner, asking to cancel the MoU. “I wrote

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