CHITRAL: Corona test results of the second and third patients from Chitral, Shujaur Rehman and Hanif Ullah, are also negative, according to family sources. So far Chitral is free of the virus. Shujaur Rehman of Parkusap in Upper Chitral was sent to Peshawar after he developed symptoms of the virus about four days ago. Later, […]
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CHITRAL: A checkpost of the levies force was opened at Shachar to screen people entering the Upper Chitral district as a precaution against coronavirus. Additional deputy commissioner Upper Chitral M. Irfanuddin and additional assistant commissioner Mastuj Moazzam Khan visited the checkpost and inaugurated the facility. The ADC directed the commander concerned to maintain the record
CHITRAL: The residents of Drosh town have demanded shifting of the maternity and child healthcare centre from a rented house back to its own building. Civil society activist Haji Mohammad Shafa told reporters that established in 1964 the healthcare facility had virtually been non-functional since it was shifted away from its own building three years
MASTUJ: In order to avoid rush in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Mastuj branch has announced to pay March\’s pension and salary to government employees on different dates and area-wise. The NBP in a statement asked the employees and pensioners to receive their salary and pensions from the
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CHITRAL: Doctors in Chitral have complained that local hospitals lack safety kits against the novel coronavirus such as ventilators and even sanitizers for the staff. According to doctors and paramedic staff, this condition prevails across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Multiple hospitals are running short of masks and safety kits for their staff, a doctor said. “In Chitral,
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved appointment of 1,299 medical officers in the health department on an emergency basis to deal with the corona patients. The chief minister signed a summary moved by health department to this effect. The newly-appointed MOs of the health department KP will resume their duties next week and be
DROSH: The government has decided to use 27 rooms of three educational institutions in Drosh as quarantine camps for suspected coronavirus patients coming from Karachi and other parts of the country. Local administration officials inspected the arrangements at the elementary college, higher secondary school and the Drosh college on Friday The officials said a large
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CHITRAL: The Nauroz festival celebrations were cancelled in the Isamili-dominated valley of Lot Koh in Lower Chitral and Upper Chitral over fears of coronavirus. The festival is marked on March 21 every year. President of Ismaili Regional Council Dr Riaz Hussain told ChitralToday that the Nauroz celebrations led to large gatherings, so there was a
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PESHAWAR: Mujeebur Rehman, the district health officer (DHO) of Lower Chitral, has been transferred and directed to report to the DG health services in Peshawar. A notification issued by the KP health department said the DHO of Upper Chitral will be looking after the health department of Lower Chitral till the appointment of a new
BOONI: The row over the post of khateeb at the central mosque of Washich in Torkhow was resolved on intervention of ulema who then broke its locks. Under a consensus between the two sides, it was decided that the current khateeb, Qazi Masood, will remain on the post. A few days ago, the additional assistant
