BRIEF NEWS

CHITRAL: A 28-year-old jobless man committed suicide in Kuju village of Lower Chitral, local police said on Wednesday. Sanaullah, son of Sher Juwan, ended his life by hanging inside his house due to joblessness, according to the police. Sanaullah earlier worked in the police Special Force as a constable but was recently sacked for his […]

ISLAMABAD: The federal government gave approval to the remo­val of 820,165 names from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) database, describing the beneficiaries as “undeserving”. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting after Spe­cial Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Welfare and Poverty Allevi­ation Dr Sania Nishtar informed it that the database of

CHITRAL: The small Christian community living in Chitral town is all set to celebrate Christmas on Wednesday (today). Every year, officials from the district administration join them and present gifts before they celebrate the event. On Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Naveed Ahmed visited the Christian community to show respect on the Christmas eve and

PESHAWAR: The KP cabinet at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan approved the Civil Administration (Public Service Delivery and Governance) Act 2019 with recommending some amendments in the draft document. “The Act aims at appointment of additional commissioner in subordination of commissioner at the divisional level and chief minister can constitute committees for ensuring

BOONI: After the road accident at Kruideri near Mastuj which claimed the lives of three FC personnel, the people of Mastuj and its surrounding areas staged a protest and blocked Booni-Mastuj road. On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Shah Saud, AAC Moazzam Khan along with other officials held successful negotiations with the protesters