In the last eight months, 346 people have committed suicide in seven districts of Malakand division, according to police sources. Swat had the highest number of suicides with 222 cases being reported in the last eight months. While 73 people committed suicide in Buner, 26 in Shangla, 15 in Lower Dir and nine in Chitral, […]
CHITRAL: Justice Qalandar Ali Khan of Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday visited Chitral Jail and met the prisoners and inquired about their problems and issued on the spot directives to resolve them. Justice Khan was accompanied by District and Sessions Judge Asad Hameed Khan and Senior Civil Judge Nasir Khan during the visit while Superintend Jail Riaz Ahmed received them. The jail superintendent informed the
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Two young women from Gilgit-Baltistan left for Bhutan where they will be representing Pakistan in the SAFF women football championship by playing in its under-18 football team. Soccer player Hajima Riaz belongs to Birgal village in the Punial valley while Sahar Zaman is from Danyor, Gilgit.
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CHITRAL: At least six Chinese engineers and technicians working on the Lavi hydro-power project near Drosh were injured when their vehicle fell into a depression at Astrom while coming from Shishi Koh to Drosh on Tuesday. The police personnel on security duty with the Chinese rescued the injured and shifted them in their mobile to
ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has established a National Interfaith Working Group as a part of an ongoing project on advocacy and legal aid for religious minorities. In a statement issued at the group’s inaugural meeting in Islamabad, HRCP reiterated that ‘freedom of religion and belief remains integral to the commission’s work. The
