CHITRAL: One person lost his life and two others were injured when a Suzuki jeep fell into a ravine in Torkhow on Monday. The jeep driven by Nooruddin of Shotkhar was going to Shotkhar from Zanglasht when it met with the accident near Chiraklasht. The injured were identified as Chitral Scouts Havaldar Salim and his […]
CHITRAL: The Chitral-Mastuj road remained blocked at Denin after gushing water leaking from a damaged canal brought down debris and stones into it. As a result, traffic on the busy road remained suspended for hours till local people managed to reopen it for light traffic on a self-help basis. Passengers and drivers of public transport
CHITRAL: There are a number of vacant posts of specialist doctors at the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral due to which patients and their relatives have to undergo lots of troubles and financial constraints. As there are no other hospitals even in the private sector to cater to major cases in the whole valley, patients are
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CHITRAL: The unavailability of judicial revenue stamps of small denominations of Rs30, Rs50 and Rs100 has put extra financial burden on people as they have to purchase the stamp of the next denomination of Rs300. The stamp vendors have also threatened to go on a strike if the government did not make available the stamps
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CHITRAL: The health department’s move to give additional charge of the medical superintendent of the district headquarters hospital, Chitral, to the head of the tehsil headquarters hospital, Booni, in Upper Chitral district, will affect the functioning of the major health facility of the district. As per a notification issued by the secretary health department on
CHITRAL: A woman, aged around 50, has committed suicide by jumping into a local river in Shagram village of Torkhow, local police said. She had been divorced by her husband a few years ago and she two children who lived with their father. The woman had been desperately trying to meet her children but her
CHITRAL: Contractors of the communication and works (C&W) department have demanded the auditor general of Pakistan and the chief minister KP ensure action against the divisional accounts officer over his alleged corruption and misconduct. Chitral Contractors Association President Noor Ahmad Khan told reporters that since his posting in Feb last the divisional accounts officer had
BOONI: In a third incident of burglary, thieves stole mobile phones, memory cards and USBs from a shop at Booni bazaar on Wednesday night. Fakhrul Hassan said that early on Thursday morning another shopkeeper called and informed him that the lock of his shop was found broken. He said he rushed to his shop and
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is set to become a tourist hub of Pakistan and all-out efforts are underway to maximize the benefits from the tourism sector this year. Chairing the fourth meeting of the task force on tourism, he issued instructions to all concerned departments to take initiatives aimed not
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CHITRAL: After being appointed as chairman of DDAC Chitral, minority Kalash MPA chaired a meeting at DC office. In his introductory speech, he said the KP government nominated him as its representative to head the District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) and his would try his best to work for Chitral\’s development by taking all stakeholders
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