BRIEF NEWS

Three-day polio campaign postponed

CHITRAL: The district administration of Chitral on Sunday announced that the three-day anti-polio campaign scheduled to start on Jan 21 had been suspended till further orders.   The decision was taken after blockades of different roads following heavy snowfall across the valley. A severe cold wave has also gripped the district necessitating the suspension of

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Mother of three commits suicide

CHITRAL: A woman ended her life by jumping into the Chitral river on Saturday. According to local people, the mother of three kids was a resident of Toren (upper) Mori. Her body was later recovered from the riverside and shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral by the police. Relatives of the deceased woman told

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MoU inked to improve food security in Chitral

ISLAMABAD: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was here on Thursday inked between Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) for improving food and livelihood security of the people of Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan. The two organizations will undertake joint efforts to foster the development of agriculture, livestock and fishery and aquaculture sectors in

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