CHITRAL: A free medical camp was organised in the Ashrait village of southernmost part of Chitral under the aegis of Chitral Task Force. A team of doctors from the task force and civil doctors hired for the facility examined 461 people, including men, women and children, and provided them with free medicines. Commandant of the […]
CHITRAL: The body of a Kashmir markhor was retrieved from the Chitral River morning after it jumped into the waters frightened by stray dogs. Later, its body was stuffed for preservation and for display as a trophy. Divisional forest officer of Chitral Gol National Park, Irshad Ahmed, said that the markhor came down from the
CHITRAL: A function as organized in connection with Christmas in Chitral on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Alam Mahsud and District Police Officer Furqan Bilal presented Christmas gifts to the members of the Christian community of Chitral on the occasion.
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PESHAWAR: Unknown people murdered a student from Chitral in a hostel here on Saturday, police said. Mehrab Nabi, a native of Kushum village in Mulkhow, was a student of Govt College Peshawar. He also used to teach at a private college. A group of people from Chitral, led by MNA Molana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, held
ISLAMABAD: CHEPS, a private organization working for environment protection and awareness, will soon get a mobile unit arranged by eminent philanthropist and chairman of Hashoo Foundation Mr Sadruddin Hashwani, according to CHEPS chief Rehmat Ali Jaffar Dost. Mr Dost told ChitralToday that during a meeting last year Mr Hashwani had promised to provide a vehicle
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Kalash community’s annual Chitramas festival concluded in the valleys of Bumburate, Rumbur and Birir on Saturday. A large number of tourists enjoyed the festivities which continued for 10 days. Sacrifices of lamb, goat and cow were offered during the festival. On the last day, all the community members including men, women and children, gather at
CHITRAL: A youth councillor held by the police for drug trafficking on Monday justified his offence, insisting he will lose the forthcoming local body polls if he abandons the drug ‘business’. “Youths will not vote for me,” he told reporters after arrest. Member of Broze village council Fazle Nabi was arrested with 2.1kg charas, while
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday expressed annoyance over the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)\’s failure to submit a probe into PK-661 plane crash near Havelian in 2016. A bench of the high court comprising Justice Aamir Farooq was hearing a petition filed by the mother of Mansoor Janjua, co-pilot of the ATR that
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BARENIS: Tributes were paid to the martyrs of the Army Public School (APS) Peshawar massacre at a function held at the Govt Yasirullah Shaheed High School in Barenis on Sunday. Yasirullah was among the over 130 students of the APS who were martyred by terrorists on Dec 16, 2014. The participants, including students of the
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CHITRAL: Due to the strike of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers in Chitral for last two weeks, the commodity has run out in the district. The dealers are demanding increase in price because they have to incur charges for transporting it from Rawalpindi. The dealers went on strike when the consumer court ruled on Nov
