QUETTA: Five siblings died after falling into a ditch in the Awaran district of Balochistan, the local administration said on Thursday. The deceased siblings included three girls and two boys aged between six and 12 years. Deputy Commissioner Awaran Ayesha Zehri told media that a contractor had dug out a ditch along an under-construction road […]
Picture Sarwar Suroor CHITRAL: Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) Chairperson Dr Najeeba here said that efforts would continue to promote the Khowar language and literature of Chitral. She held out the assurance while speaking at a literary function arranged on the bank of the Chitral River by Anjuman Taraqi-e-Khowar on June 3, 2024. Senior poet,
MINGORA (SWAT): A social activist has challenged the postponement of the annual Shandur polo festival in Upper Chitral at the eleventh hour. Taking up the petition filed by Pir Mukhtar and after hearing arguments by his counsel Sher Zaman Khan, a two-member bench of the high court, comprising Justices Muhammad Naaem Akhtar and Shahid Khan,
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NEW DELHI, July 2: Over 90 people were feared dead in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in India\’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, broadcaster NDTV reported. The stampede happened in a village in Hathras district, about 200 km (125 miles) southeast of the national capital New Delhi, where authorities said a
CHITRAL: A fire erupted in the forest of Sanjiret area of Rumbur valley, the Lower Chitral police said on Tuesday. Staffers from the forest department and local people reached the site of the fire and put out the flames. The Lower Chitral police in a statement said that on the direction of District Police Officer
ISLAMABAD: Over 0.8 million people left Pakistan in search of employment abroad during the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2024. According to the Bureaue of Statistics, the exact number of those who moved abroad in search of jobs was 811,469. A senior official of the bureau added that during the year the Pakistanis faced
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CHITRAL: The dead body of a boy who fell into the river at Shishi Lasht Drosh on Monday was recovered on Tuesday. Rescue 1122 said that after being informed about the incident, its staffers started a search and recovered the body from the river at Osiak. The deceased was identified as Ikrash Ahmed, son of
GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan\’s detention is arbitrary and in violation of international law, a U.N. human rights working group said in an opinion issued on Monday, adding the jailed politician should be released immediately. The Geneva-based U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said, the \”appropriate remedy would be to
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(Picture: Chitral Guide) CHITRAL: The juice of apricot, locally known as Chamborogh, has become the most favourite beverage in Chitral during the recent years as shops selling it is mushrooming in Chitral city, Drosh, Booni, Garam Chashma and other areas. Chitral is known as one of the biggest apricot-producing areas of Northern Pakistan where it
Irshadullah Khan CHITRAL: The Chitral town and other areas of Lower Chitral getting electricity from Golen Gol powerhouse are without power for over 30 hours. However, the government departments concerned failed to restore the power supply even after about 30 hours, creating lots of problems for the consumers in the scorching heat. The major power
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