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Cutting of green trees by fake forest management body unearthed

July 4, 2013

CHITRAL, July 4: The forest department of Chitral has claimed to have unearthed illegal cutting of green trees in the Kalash valleys by some local people after establishing a fake forest management committee. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Chitral Shaukat Fayyaz told chitraltoday.net that the joint forest management committee (JFMC) had been organized under the chairmanship […]

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Proud Hunza woman returns after scaling Mount Everest

June 3, 2013

ISLAMABAD, June 3: Samina Khayal Baig of Shimshal village in Gojal, Hunza, returned to Islamabad after becoming the first Pakaistani woman to scale the world’s highest Mount Everest. The 21-year-old achieved the feat on May 19. When she landed at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad on Monday evening, a large number of people

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\’Full of errors Khowar primer not acceptable\’

May 27, 2013

DROSH, May 27: Anjuman Taraqi-e-Khowar, Drosh, held its monthly meeting followed by a Mushaira on Sunday. A large number of Khowar poets and other people attended the program. The meeting and Mushaira was presided over by Anisur Rehman Chughtai while senior member of the Anjuman and former vice-president Aminullah Amin was the chief guest. Former

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Do you know the Qalamdar Botini Boht of Rayeen?

May 26, 2013

Deh ba Deh CHITRAL, May 26: There is a stone called ‘Qalamdar Botini Boht’ at Rayeen village of Torkhow. Many folk stories are attached with this historical monument of the village. Mr Karam Illahi will explore the village and also shed lights on this stone in our next article under the Deh ba Deh series.

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Musharraf directs MPA-elect to support PTI govt

May 20, 2013

PESHAWAR, May 20: Former president Pervez Musharraf has directed MPA-elect Ghulam Mohammad from upper Chitral to unconditionally support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The MPA-elect from PK-90 said he held a meeting with Gen Pervez Musharraf at his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad, Islamabad. “My boss ordered me to support the PTI government in

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