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Chinese youth in Chitral to marry Kalash girl

Community opposes Kalash girl\’s marriage to Chinese man

CHITRAL: A Kalash girl’s marriage to a Chinese national wasn’t solemnised here due to her community’s concerns over his “identity and character.“ Ou Jun, 36, recently reached Rumbur valley from his Zhejiang region to wed Shaheen Ara, 24, after six-year-long friendship. Activists of the Kalash community prevented the couple from going to a local court

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Urgent remedial actions for affected areas

NDMA warns of GLOFs, flash floods

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of flash floods in many parts of the country due to heavy rainfall. The warning was issued after Met Office forecast the wet spell which will continue till July 23. All four provinces as well as AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) would experience a new spell of

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Osama\’s close aid arrested

LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab has arrested a close aid to Al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden over two decades after his elimination in Abbottabad by American forces. The CTD said on Friday that Aminul Haq, a key fighter with Osama, was rounded up in an operation conducted on his hideout in Gujrat. Haq\’s name

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