BRIEF NEWS

CHITRAL: A 12-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging in Xang Bazaar area of Chitral, local police said on Saturday. The cause of the suicide could not be ascertained. The police said the father of the boy belonged to Lahore and lived in Chitral. Further investigation is underway. –Nazir Hussain

MASTUJ: A portion of the pedestrian bridge linking Khuz village located on the right bank of Yarkhun river with other areas was on Friday blown off during a windstorm. This was the longest pedestrian bridge hanging over the river and to keep its balance it had been built in two parts. The wind blew off

CHITRAL: Sub-Inspector Fazle Karim, the incharge of the Chitral traffic police, was given commendation certificate for best performance of the police on Independence Day. The certificate was handed over to the official by district nazim Maghfirat Shah during the Independence Day celebrations in the presence of DC Khurshid Alam Mehsud, Commandant Chitral Scouts Col Moinuddin

CHITRAL: Officials of the wildlife department on Wednesday released in the Chitral Gol National Park a tawny eagle that was caught by a resident of Bohtuli Ongush and illegally kept in his house. Altaf Ali Shah and other officials of the department said that the bird was released in the national park which was its

By Zulfiqar Ali PESHAWAR: A Kalash man from Chitral formally became the first member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly from his fast shrinking religious minority, which claims to be the descendants of Greek invader Alexander the Great. Wazirzada represents Kalash, the country’s smallest ethno-religious community that lives in the remote mountains of Hindu Kush range.

CHITRAL: Members of the district peace committee at a meeting highlighted the problems being faced by the people in the sectors of electricity, drinking and irrigation water supply and others. The participants of the meeting, which was chaired by DC Khurshid Alam, noted that there was no threat to peace in the district but issues

CHITRAL: A student in Shoghor blew up half of his face in the chin after failing in a paper. According to the local police, the student miraculously survived and was rushed to the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi for treatment. There have been three more cases of suicides (not students) in different parts of Chitral

Report Sirajuddin One more student in Chitral allegedly took his own life on Thursday after receiving his Intermediate exam results. Police sources said that according to initial information, the student had been unable to secure a foreign scholarship and had obtained lower test scores than his two close friends who had been selected for the

TIMERGARA: A woman head constable belonging to Chitral, Rehmat Jehan, has been made the first lady ‘moharar’ at the Balambat police station of lower Dir. Talking to media, Ms Jehan, 28, hailing from Madak Lasht valley of Chitral, said she had joined police department in 2012 as a constable. With a graduation degree, Ms Jehan