CHITRAL, Feb 14: The Chitral Integrated Area Development Program (CIADP) launched a tree plantation drive in collaboration with the district government here. Additional Deputy Commissioner Abdul Ghaffar was chief guest on the occasion while Commandant Chitral Scouts, divisional forest officer wildlife, forest range officer and heads of all departments were present. On this occasion, the
CHITRAL, Dec 27: Local leaders and activists of the PPP paid tributes to Benazir Bhutto, the slain chairperson of the party, on her fifth death anniversary here on Thursday. In this connection, special gatherings were held in Chitral town and Booni. At the gathering in Chitral’s town hall, PPP district president and provincial minister for
By Zahiruddin CHITRAL, Dec 23: The population of Himalayan wolf (canis lupus) is fast declining in the pastures of both upper and lower Chitral situated at the foot of Hindu Kush. Shafiqullah Khan, a wildlife consultant working with NGOs here, told this correspondent on Sunday that the animal used to have a considerable population in
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CHITRAL, Dec 17: At least 855 primary schoolteachers were promoted to the basic pay scale (BPS) of 14 and 15 by the departmental promotion committee Chitral. The promotion of the teachers – 595 males and 260 females – was approved at a meeting of the committee chaired by Minhajuddin, the deputy district officer (revenue and
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: The Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly sought on Tuesday a detailed government response on foreign-funded development projects, with focus on billions of dollars from the Kerry-Lugar fund. Members of the committee also expressed their reservations over spending of public money by non-governmental organisations without any effective government control. They were of
