CHITRAL: Jamaat-e-Islami\’s losing candidate from NA-1 Molana Abdul Akbar on Saturday said former federal minister and Molana Fazlur Rehman\’s son Asad Mahmood was responsible for his defeat in the elections. Addressing a press conference here, he said Asad Mahmood sent Talha Mahmood on JUI-F ticket to Chitral to contest elections only to defeat him. He […]
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CHITRAL: At least nine people were injured in a traffic accident at Ashiret on Saturday. According to Rescue 1122, a group of people from Damel village had gone to Lowari tunnel to receive their relatives returning from Saudi Arabia after preforming Umra. While returning home, a vehicle carrying the nine people met with the accident
CHITRAL: Close contest is expected for the one National Assembly and two Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats of Chitral with voters going to the polls in a large number on Thursday. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, there are a total of 313,550 voters for elections 2024 in Chitral. In 2018, the overall turnout in
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PESHAWAR: Although trophy hunting is legal in the country to aid conservation efforts and more importantly for those who can make the highest bid, the money from these bids often never trickles down to the communities where the hunt takes place, which has left them disgruntled, according to a newspaper report. For instance, as per
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CHITRAL: The staff of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Lower Chitral on Wednesday announced to suspend their protest till February 12. The workers had been protesting against non-payment of their salaries of the last four months. The Municipal Workers Federation in a statement said that they had been on a strike for the last one
CHITRAL: On the last day of the election campaign on Tuesday, candidates of political parties for the one National Assembly and two Provincial Assembly seats arranged impressive public gatherings in different parts of Chitral. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), all activities related to the elections by political parties and their candidates ended
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CHITRAL: In the second hunt of the season, a Russian national hunted a Kashmir Markhor at Tooshi-Shasha Community Managed Game Reserve within the jurisdiction of Kasit village. According to the wildlife division of Chitral, the horn size of the mountain goat was 49 inches. The Russian hunter, Denis Morozov, had taken a permit from the
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has achieved a milestone in the journey towards industrial development by completion of work on Chitral Economic Zone and inaugurating the state-of-the-art industrial facilitation office building there. Caretaker Minister for Industries, Commerce, Technical Education Dr. Aamer Abdullah, during his visit to Chitral, inaugurated the office building inside the economic zone
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday announced that the general elections in the country would be held on February 8 as planned. The inspectors general of police Khyber Pakthunkhwa and Balochistan and Interior Minister Gohar Ejaz briefed the ECP at a meeting here about security in provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakthunkhwa as
ISLAMABAD: While the Election Commission of Pakistan convened a meeting on Thursday to discuss law and order situation in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, unknown gunmen shot dead a candidate affiliated with the PTI in Bajaur tribal district of KP on Wednesday. Officials said as the Feb 8 general elections approached, police and other officials would
