GH Farooqui CHITRAL: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Department organized a football coaching camp for children aged 12-14 years in the Chitral town. About 200 children, including girls, from both Lower and Upper Chitral participated in the coaching camp, the organizers told ChitralToday here. The coaching team comprised seven experts, including two foreigners and two women. […]
SWAT: An anti-terrorism court here sentenced an Afghan national to 14 years imprisonment for possessing a large quantity of explosives. Malakand Division’s Anti-Terrorism Court-II, Swat, Judge Farid Khan Alizai announced the verdict against Aftab, a resident of Nuristan province of Afghanistan, under section 7(ff) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. The convict, reportedly belonging to a
AYUN: A 17-year-old boy committed suicide in Sahen locality of Ayun, local police told ChitralToday correspondent on Thursday. About the suicide of the teenage boy, the police said that Abdullah, son of Muhammad Sharif Khan, killed himself by hanging. The cause of the suicide could not be ascertained.–Muhkam Uddin Ayuni
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Red Crescent Society has opened a mobile health unit in Chitral. A statement issued here on Monday said the unit has so far provided treatment to over 1,500 people in 11 areas of the district since its opening a month ago. The statement quoted the society’s provincial chairman Lt-Gen retired Mohammad Hamid Khan
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PESHAWAR: A army soldier from Morder Upper Chitral embraced martyrdom while fighting terror elements across the Afghan border, in Bajaur on Sunday. Ayaz Ali was among three security men and two civilians who were martyred in firing from the Afghan side of the border and IED (improvised explosive device) attacks in different areas of the
RESHUN: Four days after the river eroded away the Chitral-Mastuj road at Shader in Reshun, traffic to Upper Chitral was restored on Tuesday through an alternative road. The alternative road has been arranged on private land at Shader area where the river washed away the road along with over a dozen houses. The locals agreed
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Our Correspondent YARKHUN: Laptops given to community centres in scores of villages in and around Brep in Upper Chitral a few years ago have been taken back by the Ismaili Local Council when the communities needed them the most during the pandemic. These laptops were used in Jamat Khanas to disseminate information and public awareness
CHITRAL: Police have registered a case against the owner and management of Terichmir Hotel in Chitral town in connection with the Aug 13 incident in which five tourists lost their lives. As many as 16 other tourists from Punjab, all relatives, were also injured when the protection wall of the balcony of a room on third
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has initiated a plan to operate direct flights from Karachi to Skardu. PIA Chief Operating Officer Arshad Malik directed sales manager to make arrangements for direct flights between the two cities. The national carrier will operate Airbus 320 for twice a week between both the southern port city of Karachi
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ISLAMABAD: Pir Karam Ali Shah, a veteran and highly respected religious and political figure of of Gilgit-Baltistan, has passed away at the age of 86. He was admitted to a hospital in Islamabad after contracting Covid-19 a few days ago where he passed away on Monday. He leaves behind two widows, three sons and four
