PESHAWAR: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) has restrained the provincial government from notifying the land settlement process in Upper and Lower Chitral districts. A bench consisting of Justice Attique Shah and Justice Wiqar Ahmad heard the case. When the petition of the people of Chitral was taken up for hearing, Additional […]
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PESHAWAR: Celebration of Terichmir festival at the official level and several schemes to promote tourism in Chitral have been included in the forthcoming budget of the province. Moreover, the traditional Kalash and Shandur polo festivals will be celebrated in a more organized manner. New projects have been added so that tourists can enjoy visiting Chitral
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RAWALPINDI: Federal Secretary Telecommunications Muhammad Omar Malik was on Saturday arrested from a courtroom and sent to the Adiala jail. The secretary telecommunications appeared in the court of Civil Judge Adil Sarwar Siyal in a case in the district court building. During hearing of the case, the federal secretary passed insulting remarks and misbehaved with
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government on Friday night reduced the petrol price by Rs4.74 per litre. In a statement released on PTV, the government announced that the petrol price had been decreased by over Rs4 per litre for the next fortnight till June 30 while a Rs3.86 per litre reduction has been made in the rate
Bashir Hussain Azad CHITRAL: Chitral Polo Association President Shahzada Sikendarul Mulk has threatened to boycott the Shandur Polo Festival 2024 if the government departments concerned continued delaying tactics in increasing the allowance for the players. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, he said the KP Culture and Tourism Authority and the Finance Department
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to arrange a collective marriage program for 4,000 deserving girls from across the province. Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur directed the authorities to complete homework for the program under which a grant of Rs200,000 would be provided from the dowry fund to each girl. The chief minister
CHITRAL: Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Muhammad Imran Khan has imposed a ban on burning fires in all forests and tourist spots in the district under Section 144. The move aims to protect the region\’s fragile ecosystem and prevent devastating forest fires. Public and tourists have been asked to cooperate with authorities to ensure the protection
QUETTA: At least 28 passengers were killed and scores of others injured in a road traffic accident in Washuk district of Balochistan on Wednesday. The bus was coming to Quetta from Gwadar when it skidded off the road and fell into a ravine near Washuk after one of its tyres burst. Six passengers lost their
BOONI: A group of district administration, Chitral Scouts officials and local representatives visited Shandur to review arrangements for the annual polo festival to be held there in July this year. After public criticism of the VIP culture during the three-day festival at Shandur every year and hardship faced by visitors, this year the government departments
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LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on Tuesday elected as president of the PML-N six years after being disqualified by Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Panama leak case. Speaking at a general council meeting of the party, Nawaz Sharif said that then chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar had removed him from the
