GILGIT: Nearly 1,600 polio workers will boycott an anti-polio campaign in Gilgit-Baltistan because a dispute regarding pensions and other privileges has remained unresolved, Polio Workers Association Vice President Mohammad Abbas said on Monday. The four-day campaign was set to start today. Of the 1,600 polio workers, 99 per cent were female. Abbas said that the […]
HUNZA: A CSS officer and her husband were found dead in their hotel room in Hunza early on Saturday. The deaths were caused due to a gas leakage from a heater in their hotel room in the locality of Karimabad. According to local police, Syed Shoaib Hassan and his wife Syeda Fatimee had come to
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CHITRAL: The people of Chitral on Friday remembered the victims of a PIA plane (PK-661) crash in Hevelian area which killed all 47 passengers on board, including five crew members and then deputy commissioner Osama Ahmed Warraich, flying from Chitral to Islamabad on Dec 7, 2016. A number of functions were held to commemorate those
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By Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR: After failing to hand over 256 micro-hydel power projects to the local communities in the province during the last four years, the ruling PTI has decided to amend the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (Pedo) Act 1993 to remove legal hurdles in this respect. The Pedo Act 1993 disallows the transfer of
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DROSH: Leisure Leagues Chitral Cup 2018 football tournament ended in Murad Stadium Drosh with the victory of HQ football club Jughur. The final was witnessed by large number of spectators. District Naib Nazim Moulana Abdus Shakoor was chief guest at the concluding ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, the district naib nazim said the district government
