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CHITRAL: Subdivisional police officer (SDPO) Mastuj at Booni Rajab Ali was on Thursday transferred to Buner. In his place, Jehangir Khan of security division Swat has been made the SSPO. SDPO Rajab Ali was recently accused of torturing senior lawyer Burhan Shah which led to a strike by lawyers in whole KP.–Irshad Ullah  

CHITRAL: With the passing away of a woman and her son, the death toll from the gas cylinder blast and fire in a house in Ayun reached five. ChitralToday has learnt that the wife and a son of Manzoor Ahmed have died at a burn centre in Peshawar. Earlier, three members of the family had

ISLAMABAD: Suicide is the 15th leading cause of death globally and around 11.4 people per 100,000 population kill themselves every year. Moreover, depression is the most common psychiatric disorder among people who die from suicide. This was stated by Professor Dr Rizwan Taj, chairperson of the psychiatry department at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims),

CHITRAL: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) has successfully completed the testing of its 306 KW micro hydropower project in Gazen village of Yarkhun, Upper Chitral. On this occasion, a special ceremony was also organized to celebrate Chinese Independence Day in solidarity with Chinese engineers who are working to complete power projects in the remote areas

CHITRAL: A girl committed suicide in Mulkhao by shooting herself with a gun, police said. Police said Faseeha of Gohkeer village, who was a student of ninth class, had gone to the house of her sister in Morder village where she committed suicide due to unknown reasons. The body of the girl was handed over to

PESHAWAR: The strike of doctors, nurses and paramedics entered 10th day on Saturday as the Grand Health Alliance refused to accept the release of its detained members in return for an end to the strike in public sector hospitals. The protesters said they wouldn’t budge until the government withdrew the Regional and District Health Authorities

Facebook was dealt a major blow in the EU\’s top court, which ruled that national courts in Europe can order online platforms to remove defamatory content worldwide. In a closely watched judgment, the European Court of Justice said EU law “does not preclude” courts from ordering “the removal of information or to block access worldwide,”

PESHAWAR: The lawyers’ community on Monday observed boycott of courts across the province over manhandling of a senior lawyer by a police officer in Chitral four days ago. The boycott was observed on the call of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council. The lawyers mostly did not turn up at courts, including the high court. The KP

ISLAMABAD: Tourist traffic at cultural sites in Pakistan has seen a massive increase of 317 per cent over the past five years with Punjab’s contribution being nearly 95pc, according to a report. The report \’Cultural Heritage and Museum Visits in Pakistan\’ by Gallup Pakistan indicates that tourism could be a potential game changer that could