BRIEF NEWS

Afghan national commits suicide

CHITRAL: A young Afghan man hanged himself to death inside his house in Goldur locality of Chitral town on Sunday morning. Police identified the deceased as Mohammad Zameer, who used to sell food in Garam Chashma Bazaar and had come to the city on weekend holiday. Police have started an inquiry to ascertain the cause

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Protest held against \’poor service\’ of Telenor

CHITRAL: A protest was held against the poor service of Telenor in Chitral on Friday. Addressing the protesters, khateeb of Shahi Masjid Molana Israruddin Al-Hilal, Jamaat-e-Islami Youth wing president Wajihuddin, traders\’ union chief Shabbir Ahmed, PTI district general secretary Aminur Rehman and drivers union’s Sabir Ahmed said despite repeated demand by the consumers the mobile

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Call to limit movement of nomads

CHITRAL: Community representatives at a meeting in Booni stressed the need for regulating movements of the nomad Gujjar tribe in order to effectively conserve the precious flora and fauna of the fragile ecosystem. The first review meeting of landscape coordination committee of Hindukush Landscape Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Programme was held with Deputy Commissioner

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Bid to smuggle 39kg heroin from Afghanistan foiled

CHITRAL: Chitral Scouts seized 39 kilogrammes of heroin being smuggled from Badakhshan area of Afghanistan here on Wednesday. Sources said during a routine checking at Zedik checkpost, the high quality heroin was recovered concealed in the luggage of three persons belonging to Garam Chashma. The alleged smugglers were also arrested. The arrested persons were identified

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