M. Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: The provincial apex committee at a meeting held at the Chief Minister\’s House here on Thursday approved all the 16 demands presented by the Bannu Jirga. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, was attended by high officials, including the corps commander Peshawar and the IGP. According to sources, […]
CHITRAL: The district health department of Lower Chitral has received reports about a rising number of skin disease cases in the remote Sheikhan Deh village of Kalash Valley. A statement issued by the health department said that on the direction of District Health Officer Dr Fayyaz Rumi, a 10-member outbreak response team was sent to
PESHAWAR: Zhanoyar Baig popularly known as Janu from Istach in Upper Chitral passed away here after protracted illness. Baig was associated with Kay2 TV Islamabad as manager admin for over 40 years. He was operated upon for gall bladder complications at Lady reading Hospital (LRH) Peshawar a few months ago. However, his condition did not
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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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CHITRAL: A young woman and a teenage boy committed suicide in different villages of Chitral during the last two days. As per police sources, a married woman in her early 30s was found dead in her room in Meragram No 1, Upper Chitral. They said that she allegedly hanged herself with the beam of a
CHITRAL: A youth from China has reached Chitral to marry a Kalash girl after they developed friendship on social media. The two approached a court in Chitral for marriage, but the Chinese man, Ojan, had no verification documents or a local guarantor due to which the marriage could not be solemnized and the would-be bridegroom
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
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
PESHAWAR, July 18, 2024: The deputy commissioners of both Lower and Upper Chitral have been transferred in a major reshuffle of officers by the provincial government. According to a notification issued by the KP Establishment Division, Mohsin Iqbal, a grade 18 PMS officer currently working as deputy secretary Chief Minister Secretariat, has been appointed as
YARKHUN: The mobile phone service in Bang, Meragram No 2 and other nearby villages in Yarkhun has been unavailable for long due to a fault in the Telenor company\’s tower. Local people told ChitralToday that the issue had been brought under the notice of officials concerned of the mobile phone service providing company but it
