The main function of the day was held at the Centennial Model School for Boys in the Chitral town. This event was jointly organized by the district administration and the education department. The roads leading to the school as well as the bazaars in the town were decorated with the national flags. The event was […]
The theme was a thoughtful one, especially in view of the risks of disaster that high mountainous societies, such as Chitral, face due to adverse climactic changes, and the need for active engagement of women in disaster risk reduction measures. The setting of Reshun provided a serious reminder of the havoc that climate-change induced disasters
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For generations, the glacier clinging to Miragram Mountain, a peak that towers above the village, has served as a reservoir for locals as well as powering countless streams throughout Pakistan’s scenic Chitral Valley. Now, though, the villagers say that their glacier — and their way of life — is in retreat. “We worry it may
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PESHAWAR: Chew Dok Club recorded an opening day victory against Xang Bazar Club in the opening football match of the week-long Janshan-e-Azadi Sports Festival, which got underway under the aegis of Malik Saad Shaheed Sports Trust in Chitral on Thursday. Arshad Khan, Chief Admin Officer of the Malik Saad Shaheed Trust, was the chief guest on
BOONI: After repairing the miner technical faults, the three diesel generators of 750 kv provided by the Sindh government have started functioning in Booni. The generators were given to the area o the request of PPP leader Khursheed Shah after the only powerhouse at Reshun was washed away by floods in August 2015. The generators
By Sirajuddin PESHAWAR: A local court in Chitral sent the principal of a private school to jail on judicial remand for assaulting minor students. Meanwhile, the education board in Peshawar has cancelled the registration of the private school in Drosh ad imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on its owner. Drosh police registered a first information
BOONI: Member tehsil council Mastuj from Charun UC, Sardar Hakim, here said some political leaders and activists in Chitral were running a campaign against the district health officer (DHO) Chitral, Dr Israr Ullah, and wanted to remove him from the post. \”DHO Chitral is a honest and professional officer and has been discharging his responsibilities
The road was also blocked for about two hours on Tuesday morning. When this correspondent visited the area late in the evening, the passengers were waiting on both sides of the site where an excavator was busy to bring down a huge rock hanging over the road. There was no intimation to the passengers in
