BRIEF NEWS

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Association of Tour Operations (PATO) at its annual meeting held in Rawalpindi elected Shahzada Maqsood Ul Mulk as its new president. Tour operators from all over Pakistan participated in the meeting. Mr Sadaruddin was elected as general secretary, Muhammad Umar as joint secretary, Khawaja Jehanzeb as vice president Sindh, Mohsin Paracha as […]

CHITRAL: The youth of Goldur have started cleaning drains and streets of their locality on a self-help basis and set an example for others. The youth started the activity about two weeks ago under the aegis of Goldur Youth Organization. In a statement, the organization\’s patron-in-chief Qazi Sajajd Ahmed Advocate, president Shafiq Ahmed and general secretary

CHITRAL: Like in a number of major cities, a Panah Gah (shelter house) has been established by the district administration at the DHQ Hospital Chitral. The facility will be functional from Feb 10, according to Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Ahmed Mahsud. It will be used for accommodating male attendants of female patients from far-flung areas who

CHITRAL: Personnel of Chitral Levies at a Darbar held by Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Ahmed Mahsud, who is also their commandant, called upon the provincial government not to merge the levies with any other force. They said Chitral levies were a regular force and its personnel have been discharging their border protection duties with dedication. The

CHITRAL: A bike rally organized by Chitral Heritage and Environment Protection Society (CHEPS) and Chitral Bikers Club to raise awareness of Clean and Green Pakistan programme of the government reached Quetta on way to Gwadar. The rally set off from Booni and after passing through Chitral town, Lowari tunnel and Timargara reached Peshawar. The two

DROSH: A young man from Arandu has gone on a hunger strike against what he alleged corruption committed by the district forest officer Chitral in hiring of forest guards by ignoring 10 people from his area. Talking to ChitralToday, Muhamamd Islam said the forest department through an advertisement invited applications for filling vacant posts of

CHITRAL: Police here on Tuesday said that three persons have been arrested in connection with the theft of arms and ammunition from an arms dealer\’s shop in the local bazar. On Jan 10 night, a huge quantity of arms and ammunition were stolen from the shop located in New Bazar. The police said it registered

CHITRAL: The population of ibex is said to be highly exposed to poaching in different villages of Yarkhun valley due to heavy snowfall and shortage of wildlife department’s field staff. Due to the heavy snowfall in the valley last week, hordes of ibex have descended to the peripheries of the villages in search of food

ISLAMABAD: Five environment activists from Chitral taking part in a bike rally from Booni to Gwadar in Balochistan during their stopover in the federal capital cleaned Lakeview Park. After removing heaps of trash from different points of the tourist spot, the activists called upon visitors to all public places not to litter and keep the