CHITRAL: On the call of the Provincial Nursing Association, nurses at the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral have started a symbolic strike demanding acceptance of their demands. They observed the two-hour symbolic protest by wearing black arm-bands till the acceptance of their demands including time scale promotion, an increase of Rs10,000 in the health professional allowance […]
CHITRAL: While the police have tightened the noose around drug peddlers and sending them to jails outside Chitral, this young man involved in the illegal narcotics business thought it safe to repent and save himself from the clutches of the law. Manzoor Ahmed from Hon in Chitral told people during Friday prayers at Shahi Masjid
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan and the Kuwait Fund here on Wednesday signed a Supplementary Loan Agreement of KD 4.5 million (equivalent to $15 million) for Golen Gol Hydropower Project on April 11, 2018. The state of Kuwait has already been co-financing this project with an amount of KD11 million (equivalent to $37 million). Kuwait
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BUMBURATE: A girl committed suicide in Birir village of Kalash valley on Tuesday. Sadia, daughter of Bahadur Khan, consumed poison over her engagement break-up and passed away, a local source said. The body of the girl was shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Drosh for a postmortem and police would launch an investigation based
DROSH: The chairman of the National Youth Organization (NYO) Chitral, Mr Abbas Hussain, has issued a statement to clarify reports circulating in social media about the election for new office-bearers of the NYO. \”Being chairman of NYO Chitral, I twice informed the youth of Chitral about the election of the new office-bearers and asked them
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GARAM CHASHMA: Commuters on the Chitral-Parabeg (Garam Chashma) road have called upon the authorities concerned to take notice of the lack of maintenance due to which the road is being damaged. In a letter to the local administration and the area police, the commuters including the union of taxi drivers said that before the visit
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PESHAWAR: After allegations of corruption in the PTI-led government’s billion tree tsunami project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the country’s corruption watchdog, the National Accountability Bureau, has started investigations. A statement issued by NAB KP said a team of officers had been constituted to probe alleged embezzlement of funds in the project. A briefing was given by
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CHITRAL: A walk was arranged in the Chitral town to create awareness among the citizens about dengue mosquitoes and how to protect oneself from its bite on Wednesday. The walk started from polo ground gate and after passing through Atalegh Bazar and converted into a public meeting at Atalegh Bridge. The walk was held by
CHITRAL: MNA Shahzada lftikharuddin has claimed that provision of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) through pipelines to the residents of Chitral will start next month as the federal government has released funds for purchase of land for setting up gas plants. Talking to mediapersons on telephone from Islamabad on Tuesday, he said purchase of land for
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CHITRAL: The police have arrested six drug peddlers and sent them to different jails of the province initially for a period of three months which is extendable at its expiry. District police officer retired Capt Mansoor Aman said the drug peddlers were facing criminal cases in different courts after having been nabbed by police with
