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Madaklasht team triumphs in grass skiing championship in AJK

Madaklasht wins grass skiing championship in AJK

MUZAFFARABAD: The Madaklasht team won the Grass Skiing Championship in women\’s category in Azad Kashmir on Sunday. The runner-up in the women category was Adventure Foundation Pakistan. The Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts lifted the trophy in the men\’s category while the Pakistan Air Force was the runner-up. The championship started on September 23 at the scenic Tolli […]

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Elite Force Jawan Sarwar Uddin found dead

Elite Force Jawan found dead

CHITRAL: An Elite Force Jawan was found dead in the ravine of Jughore Gol in Lower Chitral on Sunday morning. Local people spotted the dead body of head constable Sarwar Uddin and informed the police who reached the spot and shifted it to the District Headquarters Hospital for legal process. The body was later laid

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Demands of Drosh protesters accepted

Demands of Drosh protesters accepted

CHITRAL: The demands of Drosh protesters were accepted by the government on Friday, leading to the end of the massive public agitation after five days, on Friday evening. The protest in Drosh culminated at a shutter-down strike and blockade of the Chitral-Peshawar road on September 27. According to a letter written by the deputy commissioner

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Osama Shaheed Park costs Rs25 million

Osama Shaheed Park costs Rs25 million

CHITRAL: Lower Chitral deputy commissioner Mohsin Iqbal has said that Shaheed Osama Warraich Park will be built as the most attractive spot in the city to provide state-of-the-art facilities to children, youth and women. Inaugurating some of the facilities in the under-construction public park here the other day, he said that the park was outsourced

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Climate change event by CHEPS in Booni

Climate change event held in Booni

[Press release] BOONI: CHEPS organised an art event focusing on climate change at the Govt Degree College for Boys Booni, Upper Chitral. The event was organized by CHEPS (Chitral Heritage and Environmental Protection Society) and saw participation from students, volunteers, civil society members, and social activists. The objective of the event was to raise awareness

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Shutter-down, road blockades in Drosh

Shutter-down, road blockades from 27th

DROSH: A complete shutter-down and road blockades would be observed in Drosh town against prolonged power outages from Friday morning. This was announced by Drosh Action Forum President Irshad Mukarar after the end of a protest held in Drosh bazar on Wednesday evening. Mr Mukarar in the presence of the representatives of all political parties,

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Pakistani beggars in Saudi Arabia

Saudis fed up with Pakistani beggars

RIYADH: The government of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has become fed up with the influx of beggars from Pakistan disguised as Hajj and Umrah pilgrims. According to media reports, the government of Saudi Arabia has asked Pakistan to check the arrival of beggars on umrah and Hajj visas. The government sources said that beggars

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