CHITRAL: Rah-e-Haq Party, formerly Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) that was outlawed in Pakistan, has announced to withdraw its candidate in NA-1 Chitral in support of Molana Abdul Akbar of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). The announcement was made by chief of Rah-e-Haq Party district Lower Chitral and candidate for the seat Molana Sirajul Haq Qureshi at a […]
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CHITRAL: For the provincial assembly seat of PK-2 Chitral Lower, 28 candidates, including two women, filed nomination papers with the returning officer as the deadline ended on Sunday evening. According to the list issued by the returning officer and available with ChitralToday, the names of the candidates are as follow: Maghfirat Shah, Jughoor Lasht, Abdul
GH Farooqui DROSH: Officials of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in Drosh handed over an Afghan national after he arrived there to get a Pakistani national identity card. Rehmanullah had crossed into Pakistan at Torkham border two days ago. He told police that he had committed to pay Rs1.7 million to facilitators to get
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker cabinet at a meeting on Tuesday authorized different departments to utilize their buildings at spare times for launching skill development classes for youth under the Khushal Pakhtunkhwa Program. These departments are: Elementary and Secondary Education, Technical Education, Industries and Labour, health and other line departments. The special meeting of the
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) late on Friday night announced the schedule of the February 8, 2024, general elections on the direction of the Supreme Court. The court earlier at an emergency sitting suspended a ruling of the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the appointment of returning officers from the district administrations and
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the federal government to issue Pakistan origin card (POC) to 109 Afghan nationals. The direction was issued by a division bench, comprising Justice Waqar Ahmed and Justice Arshad Ali, while hearing a petition filed by Afghan nationals who have married in Pakistan. The counsel for the petitioners, Saifullah
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YARKHUN LASHT: A student of class 10th died after falling into the Yarkhun river when a dilapidated pedestrian bridge collapsed near here on Saturday evening. Local people identified the boy as Nadeem Ahmed, son of Zar Muhammad, resident of Rukot village. He was a student of 10th class at the Govt High School Yarkhun Lasht.
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PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Arshad Hussain Shah on Wednesday directed the concerned authorities to finalize an aggressive plan to complete the ongoing hydropower projects under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development organization (PEDO) on a fast track and initiate new feasible projects. He also directed the authorities concerned to immediately appoint the chief executive
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CHITRAL: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari here on Wednesday said he will put the demand of the people of Chitral before his sister Asifa Bhutto to contest election from Chitral in the next general elections. “As the demand has come from the people of Chitral, I will put it before Asifa and persuade her to
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PESHAWAR: The caretaker KP government has transferred the district police officer (DPO) of Lower Chitral and appointed a new DPO within about three months. According to a notification issued from the office of the inspector general of police, DPO Lower Chitral Ikram Ullah, a grade 18 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), has
