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CHITRAL: International Day for Disaster Reduction was commemorated by Hashoo Foundation (HF) at its main office in Balach. Sajjad Ahmad, Manager AKRSP, was chief guest while Ghafoor Baig, chairman Citizen Community Development Network, was guest of hour. Muhammad Khalid of HF briefed the participants regarding their work on disaster risk management. He said HF is […]

CHITRAL: A globetrotter has reached Chitral from German on his own vehicle and said the norther areas of Pakistan are a paradise for tourists. Mr Joseph told local media that before reaching Chitral from Gilgit-Baltistan via the Shandur Pass, he visited India and crossed the Wagah border into Pakistan. He set off from his home

CHITRAL: Social activists in Drosh said they caught a vehicle carrying poultry waste out of Chitral and claimed that the waste would be used in the production of cooking oil and chicken feed. Salahuddin Toofan Qari Fazal Haq and Naveedur Rehman Chughtai said earlier the same vehicle had been intercepted by the police and the

PESHAWAR: The inaugural women Twenty20 Cricket Super League — the first such event in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — will be staged here at the Arbab Niaz Stadium from Oct 26 to Nov 2, it was officially announced on Monday. Director Operation Syed Saqlain Shah revealed about the said event while speaking during a

CHITRAL: Commandant Chitral Scouts Col Moinuddin visited the far-off valley of Broghil to witness the annual festival there which concluded the other day and distributed rations and other items among the local people. He also handed over stationery among schoolchildren of the area, says a press release. He also met the locals in Broghil, Kishmanja and

CHITRAL: District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Furqan Bilal ordered a crackdown on drug peddlers and launching of legal action against underage motorcyclists in Torkhow. He issued these directions on the requests of local people and elected representatives at an open forum held in Torkhow, says a press release. About other issues, the DPO assured the

CHITRAL: The chief engineer of the public health department has ordered an inquiry into the leakages in water supply lines from Golen valley to Chitral town. The probe was ordered after reports about the faulty pipes were published in the media. A spokesman for the department told this correspondent that most of the brown leaking

CHITRAL: The PTI activists are divided over the posting of Dr Iftikharuddin as the district health officer (DHO) of Chitral. Dr Iftikharuddin was suspended as the medical superintendant of DHQ hospital last year after a video of the unloading of garbage and solid waste by a hospital ambulance went viral on social media. The government

DROSH: Dr Iftikhar Uddin of the management cadre of the KP health department has been appointed as the new district health officer (DHO) of Chitral. Dr Iftikhar earlier worked as the medical superintendent of the district headquarters hospital Chitral and DHO Dir Upper. The new DHO took the charge of office on Friday in place

CHITRAL: Hashoo Foundation Chitral organized a consultative session with local stockholders with the aim to know local priorities and issues and to work in a synergetic way in order to improve quality of education. During the session, the HF management highlighted the contribution of Hashoo Foundation in Pakistan in general and Chitral in particular, helping