PESHAWAR: The World Health Organization (WHO) has refurbished 63 health facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that had become almost non-functional after being affected by climate-induced disasters, especially floods in 2022. The refurbished health facilities are in Charsadda, Chitral, Dera Ismail Khan, Upper Kohistan, Nowshera, Swat, Tank, Hangu, Lower Dir, Haripur, Manshera and Abbottabd. The initiative was […]
CHITRAL: Lower Chitral police have launched a crackdown against underage bike drivers and motorcycles without registration plates. The police in a statement said that alongside the drive to create awareness about traffic rules District Police Officer Qamar Hayat has ordered action against underage motorcycle drivers and those driving bikes without number plates. On the direction
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Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Aslam Khan, a man of many titles – a fighter, a nationalist, a shining star of Pakistani diplomacy, a civil servant and an eloquent spokesperson for his country – passed away at the age of 69 in Kuwait. His voice resonated with passion, his smile was infectious, and his gestures commanded
PESHAWAR: Deputy Speaker KP Assembly Suriya Bibi on Monday asked officials of PEDO to resolve the chronic electricity crisis in Upper Chitral on a priority basis. Ms Suriya, member of the provincial assembly from Upper Chitral, held a meeting with chief executive officer of PEDO Jawad Haider and other officials in Peshawar. MNA Chitral Abdul
CHITRAL: As many as 22 students of a religious seminary located at Singoor village were hospitalized for food poisoning on Monday morning. The students of Jamia Islamia Al-Lubnat Singoor fell sick after taking Sehri and were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral. Some of the students were discharged after being provided treatment within a
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carried out airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in different areas of Afghanistan, it emerged on Monday. Though the government has yet to come out about the details, Zabihullah Mujahid, the internation minister in the Taliban regime of Afghanistan, said jets from Pakistan bombed houses of common people in the provinces of Paktika and
CHITRAL: Representatives of political, religious parties and civil society have resolved to foil an attempt of the Auqaf department to take control of Chitral\’s Shahi Masjid, Xang Bazar mosque and Bilal mosque in Drosh. At a meeting with former MPA Molana Abdur Rehman here on Sunday, a resolution was passed by the participants asking the
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CHITRAL: On the direction of the district administration of Lower Chitral, an attempt to smuggle cattle out of the district was foiled at Baradam checkpost near the Lowari tunnel. In a statement, the DC office said that the security personnel after being alerted by Levies intelligence in Drosh took action against the persons involved in
Gul Hamad Farooqui CHITRAL: The construction work on Chitral-Booni-Shandur road has been going on for over four years under the supervision of the National Highway Authority (NHA). However, the multi-billion project has not only seen unnecessary delays but also quality of work on it is substandard. This is why most of the protection and retaining
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BOONI: Retired ambassador Muhammad Aslam Khan was laid to rest at his ancestral village of Shogram in Upper Chitral on Sunday. He passed away after a protracted illness at the age of 69 on March 14 at a hospital in Kuwait where he had settled after retirement as Pakistan\’s ambassador to that country in 2015.
