M Ishadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Deputy Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Suriya Bibi has been declared a defaulter of a Rs2 million loan taken from the KP Khyber Education Foundation and an interest of Rs10 million incurred on it so far. The Election Commission of Pakistan issued notice and summoned her for not mentioning the loan in […]
LONDON/SEOUL, Aug 23 (Reuters): Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after years of largely avoiding it now the Middle East conflict has made it seem a relatively safe option. The carriers mostly stopped transiting Afghanistan, which lies on major routes between Asia and Europe, three years ago when the
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided in principle to close all the utility stores across the country, it has been learnt through media reports. The utility stores being run under the Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan provided subsidized essential food items to the low-income groups of citizens. The government provided billions of rupees to the
PESHAWAR: The PTI, which is in power in KP, on Thursday openly utilized the provincial government’s resources to mobilize public for the party’s rally in Islamabad, which was later postponed. The administration in Islamabad had cancelled the NOC which was issued to the PTI gor the public gathering. The capital administration had also blocked roads
CHITRAL: District Bar Association Lower Chitral President Sajidullah advocate has filed an application for formal initiation of a criminal case against the National Highway Authority (NHA) officials and others for substandard construction of Chitral-Shandur Road. In the application filed with the city police station, he alleged that the construction of the road was not carried
DIZG (YARKHUN): Scores of houses in Dizg village of Yarkhun in Upper Chitral are still without water supply after flash floods three weeks ago. On June 30, heavy downpours caused flash floods in Dizg and Khruzg villages, damaging supply lines of both drinking and irrigation water. Former councillor Afsarul Mulk of Dizg told ChitralToday that
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CHITRAL: The office-bearers of Chitral Mines snd Mineral Association has demanded that the condition of NOC for mining in areas along the Afghan border should be abolished. Speaking at a press conference, association\’s patron-in-chief Liaquat Ali and office-bearers Bashir Ahmed Khan, Ashfaq Ali Khan, Naeem Uddin, Muhammad Rafi and legal adviser Burhan Shah advocate appealed
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BOONI: Flash floods in dry nullahs on Wednesday blocked the Chitral-Mastuj road at Zait and Karak for many hours, stranding travellers on the busy and only artery between Chitral lower and upper. Flash floods, According to the deputy commissioner Upper Chitral, after getting reports about the road blockade, heavy machinery was sent to the site
CHITRAL: Residents of Banjal area of Ursun valley in Lower Chitral have demanded that leaseholders should be issued no-objection certificates (NOCs for exploration of minerals in their area. Addressing a press conference here, the Molana Sami Ullah, Muhammad Hakim, Muhammad Ghafoor and Abdus Samad said exploitation of the mineral resources would bring prosperity and development
M. Irshadullah Khan Residents of Booni in Upper Chitral held a meeting on Monday and condemned the government for the persistent power crisis that has plagued the area for years. The meeting convened by Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam unanimously passed a resolution demanding immediate relief from the crippling power outages. Tehreek President Mukhtar Ahmed, General Sectary Pervez
