ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to the Foreign Office on Friday and handed him a demarche over the terrorist attack on two border posts in Lower Chitral which left four soldiers martyred on Sept 6. The Foreign Office demanded that the interim Afghan government stop its soil from being used against Pakistan. Earlier […]
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Gul Hamad Farooqui CHITRAL: In the wake of the attack by Taliban terrorists from Afghanistan on Chitral Scouts posts in Bumburate and Jinjiret border areas, a pall of gloom has descended on Chitral from Arandu to Broghil. Four Chitral Scouts Jawans were martyred and scores of other injured in the terror attacks on September 6.
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CHITRAL: More than 40 students of government middle school for girls Harchin in Upper Chitral have been infected by chickenpox while people fear increase in the number of patients as the school is still open. The chairman of local community-based organisation, Suharwardi Khan, said the headmistress of the school Ms Wajida was among the infected
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CHITRAL: Newly-posted District Police Officer (DPO) Lower Chitral Ikram Ullah Khan visited the Chitral Police Lines soon after taking charge of his office. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Abdul Sattar Khan and DSP headquarters Ahmed Isa accompanied DPO Ikram, who has been posted to Chitral for the second time. During the visit, the DPO inspected
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District admin seals chairlift after incident. Bus to be arranged for students using chairlift. Rescue 1122 staff given cash awards and commendation certificates. KURAGH: Three people were stranded in a chairlift after its cable snapped over the river between Kuragh and Gahlasht in Upper Chitral on Tuesday morning. However, Rescue 1122 succeeded in bringing the
CHITRAL: Local residents have Shahzada Haiderul Mulk of violating an agreement and grabbing green pastures in the Avi Shoghor area of Lower Chitral. Speaking at a press conference, the elders of Avi Shoghor, including Village Council Chairman Ijaz Ahmad, Muhammad Naeem, Miftahuddin, Chiragh Din and Azizuddin alleged that Shahzada Haider, the MS of the DHQ
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DROSH: For the first time in the history of Chitral, protesters blocked traffic by putting the dead bodies of two murdered men on the Chitral-Peshawar road on Wednesday afternoon. The two persons from Shahnigar area were found shot dead in the Kaldam Gol area where they had gone to collect firewood early on Wednesday. The
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CHITRAL: A teenage boy who had gone missing from his house in Barenis on Aug 17, 2023, was recovered from a hotel in Chitral town on Saturday. The office of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral in a statement said that taking notice of social media posts, the administration launched search for the boy. \”On information
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Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Consumers in Chitral town, Jugore and Bakrabad have expressed concerns about delay in the shifting of the drinking water supply line from Golen Gol to a safer side as it has been affected by the ongoing work on the widening of the Chitral-Mastuj road. In order to provide clean drinking water
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CHITRAL: A man and a woman were killed and five others injured in two road accidents in Lower Chitral district on Monday. Police said in the first incident, a woman died when a jeep veered off the Chitral-Booni road in Mori Lasht due to speeding. They said that her minor daughter sustained serious injuries and
