BRIEF NEWS

CHITRAL: Commandant Chitral Scouts Col Moinuddin visited the far-off valley of Broghil to witness the annual festival there which concluded the other day and distributed rations and other items among the local people. He also handed over stationery among schoolchildren of the area, says a press release. He also met the locals in Broghil, Kishmanja and […]

CHITRAL: District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Furqan Bilal ordered a crackdown on drug peddlers and launching of legal action against underage motorcyclists in Torkhow. He issued these directions on the requests of local people and elected representatives at an open forum held in Torkhow, says a press release. About other issues, the DPO assured the

CHITRAL: The chief engineer of the public health department has ordered an inquiry into the leakages in water supply lines from Golen valley to Chitral town. The probe was ordered after reports about the faulty pipes were published in the media. A spokesman for the department told this correspondent that most of the brown leaking

CHITRAL: The PTI activists are divided over the posting of Dr Iftikharuddin as the district health officer (DHO) of Chitral. Dr Iftikharuddin was suspended as the medical superintendant of DHQ hospital last year after a video of the unloading of garbage and solid waste by a hospital ambulance went viral on social media. The government

DROSH: Dr Iftikhar Uddin of the management cadre of the KP health department has been appointed as the new district health officer (DHO) of Chitral. Dr Iftikhar earlier worked as the medical superintendent of the district headquarters hospital Chitral and DHO Dir Upper. The new DHO took the charge of office on Friday in place