SKARDU: A Pakistani mountaineer injured near the Camp 1 of Broad Peak in Gilgit-Baltistan died today. Local mountaineers had formed a team to go to the mountain and bring him down for treatment. However, Muhammad Murad Sadpara passed away before he could be brought down. He had scaled four of the world’s highest peaks, including […]
M. Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: The transgender community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held a protest demonstration against police harassment and demanding action. The protesters gathered in front of the KP assembly building, and alleged that police personnel regularly extort money from them, physically abuse them besides denying them their basic rights. Dolphin, one of the protest leaders,
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani javelin thrower\’s record-breaking win of gold medal at the Olympics Games in Paris has sent waves of jubilation across the country with government and opposition members unanimously passing a congratulatory resolution in the National Assembly on Friday. In the Javelin final at the Olympics Games, Arshad Nadeem won the gold medal with a 92.97
CHITRAL: A man has been arrested along with his mother and a brother for allegedly murdering his wife and trying to show it as a suicide. The woman belonging to Khorkashan Deh area of Chitral town was married to Abdullah Khan in Bulawasht, Ayun. Three days ago, the police in Ayun were informed that Farzana
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PARIS: In the Javelin final at the Olympics Gams in Paris, Pakistan\’s Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal with a 92.97 metres throw, making a new Olympics record. The defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India remained second with 89.45 metres. It is first time since 1984 that Pakistan has won a gold medal in the
BOONI: Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry on Thursday visited the flood-devastated Sor Rech village of Torkhow in Upper Chitral. He met the displaced families and distributed relief cheques of Rs2 million among the heirs of two persons who lost their lives and Rs6 million among owners of 30 houses fully damaged in the
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DHAKA, Aug 8 (Reuters): Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government after weeks of student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to neighbouring India. A harsh critic of Hasina, Yunus, 84, arrived in Dhaka following medical treatment in Paris
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CHITRAL: Thousands of students in the flood-hit villages of Chitral valley are unable to attend their schools as the connecting bridges have been washed away by floods. The Yarkhoon valley in Upper Chitral is the worst affected where both the jeepable and the pedestrian bridges connecting the Miragram No 2, Emit, Phashk and Shich villages
CHITRAL: A teenage girl has committed suicide in Ayun village of Lower Chitral, her family told police. The police said that the 15-year-old daughter of Ramzan Shah of Sehan locality of Ayun reportedly consumed tranquilizer. She was rushed to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Drosh where she died. The family told police that the girl was suffering
ISLAMABAD (APP): The British High Commission stated that it has been amongst the earliest organisations to provide relief interventions, following devastating floods in Chitral. Between 29 July and August 3, Chitral suffered severe damages from torrential rains, flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods. As many as 14 drinking water supply schemes, 15 jeep-able bridges,
