BRIEF NEWS
Zupu bridge repaired at last
CHITRAL: On repeated public demands and after a delay of many years, the only bridge to upper Yarkhun valley near Zupu village was at last repaired the other day. “Talking notice of a public complaint and in order to mitigate the sufferings of commuters Deputy Commissioner Chitral Irshad Sodhar directed the C&W Department to immediately
Renovated nursery inaugurated in Children Hospital
CHITRAL: After retrofitting, renovation and strengthening of the neonatal nursery unit at the Children Hospital Chitral, it was inaugurated on Tuesday. DHO Dr Israrullah on the occasion said Deputy Commissioner Irshad Sodhar visited the unit and appreciated the efforts of UNICEF for establishment of such a sophisticated unit for the children of Chitral. Mr Charles
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Four-day immunization drive begins
CHITRAL: A four-day immunization campaign started in Chitral on Friday. Deputy Commissioner Irshad Sodhar formally launched the campaign by immunizing children at the Mother and Child Hospital. “The campaign was deferred due to the validation of the microplans and reorganization of teams in far-flung areas,” the DC office stated. It said the deputy commissioner had
Status of Afghan refugees discussed
CHITRAL; Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid (SHARP), with the collaboration of ICMC arranged a one-day consultation with district bar association Chitral. The team leader in Chitral, Sajjad Ahmed, and project director Memoona Batool Khan discussed various government notifications regarding status of Afghan refugees and their legal status in the light of international law.
KP police offer army to withdraw most troops from Malakand
Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR: Inspector General of Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Salahuddin Khan Mehsud has said the police department had offered the Pakistan Army to withdraw around two-thirds of its troops from Malakand division in the wake of the expansion of the force’s role in the previously troubled region. “The police department can confidently meet security responsibilities
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Glaciers face new threat from highways’ black carbon
KHUNJERAB PASS: This border outpost on the Karakoram Highway, slashed through the glacier-strewn Karakoram mountains to join China and Pakistan by road, boasts a new world record: it has the world’s highest automated bank teller machine. But the ATM is just one of the changes happening along the high altitude highway, which is increasingly a
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Children in Lashkar Gaaz carry out cleanliness campaign
Abdul Wahid Khan The Chitral Heritage and Environmental Protection Society (CHEPS) carried out a campaign of clean and green Pakistan from Lashkar Gaaz where 64 students and community members participated in a cleanliness campaign and awareness session. CHEPS chairman Rehmat Ali Johar along with the volunteers organized cleanliness drives and environment consciousness event in thirty
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Aga Khan receives Game Changer Lifetime Achievement Award
“Any leader of any global community hopes and prays for one thing – peace,” says the Aga Khan New York City, USA: His Highness the Aga Khan today received the Asia Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award – the Society’s most esteemed – at the organisation’s Game Changer Award ceremony in New York. The awards are presented
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THQ hospital incharge clarifies news report
BOONI: A few days ago, a biased and baseless report was published in some local newspapers against me in which VC naib nazim Booni 2 Pervez Lal along with some other people raised questions about my professionalism and demanded my transfer from the THQ hospital Booni. “The fact of the matter is that last year
