LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday granted bail to 21 activists of the PTI in a case registered against them in connection with the May 9 arson attacks. The police produced the accused before the judge of the anti-terrorism court, Muhammad Naveed. The judge after hearing arguments from the defence lawyers and the prosection […]
CHITRAL: The Lowari tunnel road between Chitral and Dir has been reopened after removing snow, said the office of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral on Tuesday. It said there is about 62 inch of snow on the Chitral side and 70 inch snow on the Dir side of the tunnel. Transporters have been asked to
BRUSSELS (Reuters): European Union Council and the European Parliament on Tuesday reached a provisional agreement to ban the entry of products made with forced labour into the European single market. The agreement clarifies the different responsibilities the EU Commission and the member states in identifying the companies exploiting forced workers and banning their products. The
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the request of PTI filed under the banner of Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) for reserved seats in the assemblies. The ECP had earlier reserved its judgement on the plea which it announced today, rejecting the request for the reserved seats. SIC, meanwhile, said it would challenge the
CHITRAL: After three-day-long snowfall, TMA and NHA machinery have been mobilized to clear roads and Chitral bazar area of snow. However, all main roads out of the town area ate closed. The district administration of Lower Chitral said that work to remove snow from Chitral-Dir road was also underway, but the approach road to Lowari
KHYBER: Six members of a family lost their lives when their ramshackle house collapsed in Khyber district of KP after heavy rainfall early on Sunday morning. The deceased included four children and two women. Local people retrieved the dead bodies from the debris of the house. The house was located in the Zakakhel bazar of
MARDAN: A 20-year-old female student lost her life after sustaining a head injury during a judo contest at Sports Complex of Mardan on Sunday, hospital sources said. They said Fiza from Peshawar was hit in the head by her opponent during the match after which she fell unconscious. Rescue staffers provided her first aid and
ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif was on Sunday elected the 24th prime minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly amid usual rumpus by the opposition members. Sharif, nominated by the PML-N, PPP, MQM and other parties scored 201 votes against 92 by Omar Ayub of the Sunni Ittehad Council who comprises the members of the PTI. If
BOONI: Routine life has been crippled by the unprecedented snowfall with roads to different areas blocked across Chitral. Schools in the valley have been closed for a week by the district administration after they reopened following the winter vacations. The main road connecting Chitral with other parts of the country through the Lowari tunnel has
ISLAMABAD: A recently published Urdu book authored by Fakhruddin Akhunzada focuses on the 12 languages spoken in the Chitral, says a press release. The book, Chitral’s Languages: Past, Present and Future, has been published by the Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI), an organization dedicated to preserving the indigenous languages of northern Pakistan for over two
