PESHAWAR: The provincial government has transferred medical superintendent (MS) of the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Lower Chitral and brought back Dr Muhammad Shamim on the post. Dr Shamim was working as the principal medical officer of the DHQ hospital. A notification issued by the secretary health office said that Dr Akbar Shah was posted as […]
BIRZOZ (YARKHUN): Volunteers from Ismaili Council Yarkhun belonging to Bang and Birzoz villages carried out a repair work on the broken and ruined Yarkhun road from Bang down to Khotan Lasht near Brep, about 15 km. The Ismaili volunteers also arranged pipes and installed them over streams to save the road from being frozen in
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CHITRAL: Participants at a training workshop on ‘hospitality and tourism’ underscored the need of devising a mechanism to exploit the potential of tourism development in Chitral to create employment opportunities and reduce poverty. The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa organised the workshop for the media persons the other day. The speakers discussed the challenges and opportunities
CHITRAL: A flyover in Peshawar was officially named after former deputy commissioner of Chitral Osama Ahmad Waraich who died in the Dec 7, 2016, air crash. In this regard, a ceremony was organised by Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Muhammad Ali Asghar. Dr Faiz Ahmed Warraich, father of Osama Warraich, was the chief guest and inaugurated the
CHITRAL: A four-day anti-polio drive in Chitral except Broghil was launched on Sunday. The drive will begin on Monday. In Broghil, the drive would be launched when weather conditions improve. The launching ceremony was held on the premises of the Women and Children Hospital by administering drops to children by minority MPA Wazir Zada, Expanded
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Joe Lawrence Walraven, an 82-year-old American citizen, hunted this markhor in Toshi conservatory, after paying 140,000 US dollars under trophy hunting scheme.–GH Farooqui
The past few years have seen a steady increase in foreign tourists visiting Pakistan and it looks like the trend is set to continue as Pakistan topped Condé Nast Traveller\’s list of best holiday destinations for 2020. \”The adventure traveller’s must-visit goes from strength to strength,\” wrote the award-winning luxury and lifestyle travel magazine, and highlighted popular
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CHITRAL: The Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) arranged a ceremony to distribute cheques under Livestock Insurance Scheme (LIS) at a local hotel. DFO wildlife region was the chief guest while Director Agriculture Research, Non-timber Forest Products (NTFP), Livestock Department Chitral and representatives of NGOs and SLCOs attended the event. The cheques were distributed among the communities
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PESHAWAR: Mr Fidaul Karim, a grade 17 Provincial Management Service (PMS) officer, has been appointed as the new settlement officer of Chitral, a notification issued by the Establishment Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said on Wednesday. The post has been vacant after transfer of Syed Mazhar Ali Shah to the home department Peshawar as deputy secretary last
MASTUJ: Govt Higher Secondary School Mastuj brought home the trophy of inter-school divisional football tournament played in Swat. The Mastuj school team defeated Buner by one to zero goal in the final. This victory of Mastuj boys made Upper Chitral proud as it won the divisional level trophy for the second time in a row.
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