DROSH: Police here have arrested two persons on the charge of stealing batteries, tyres and other accessories of vehicles from different areas of Drosh, a spokesman for the Lower Chitral police said on Thursday. According to the statement, the Drosh police had received complaints about theft from vehicles in Dondigal and Allian areas. A team […]
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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CHITRAL: The chairmen of different village councils have castigated the government for denying them powers, development funds, salaries and other perks and privileges. Addressing a press conference here, Sajjad Ahmed Khan, Shahid Ahmed, Mir Dulla Jan, Manzoor Ahmed, Muneer Ahmed Charwelu, Sania Aziz, Anabia Bibi and others regretted the government had promised a hefty salary
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Gul Hamad Farooqui BOONI: Young Star Development Organization (YSDO) in collaboration with Center for Peace and Development Initiative (CPDE) and Citizen Network for Budget Accountability (CNBA) held an awareness creating workshop in Booni, the district headquarters of Upper Chitral. The theme of the seminar was \”Stakeholders dialogue on transparent budgeting.\” Former nazim Union Council Reshun
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CHITRAL: An American hunted a nine-and-half-year-old Kashmir Markhor in Toshi Shasha conservancy of Lower Chitral on Saturday. He had got a permit for trophy hunting from wildlife department at a cost of 212,000 dollars. Divisional forest officer, wildlife division Chitral, Farooq Nabi told Dawn that unlike the previous trophy hunters, the American national, Deron James
BOONI: An injured woman was on Saturday shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Booni by Rescue 1122 Upper Chitral. The emergency service said that the woman had fallen into a ravine in Parwak village. After being alerted, the Rescue 1122 staff reached the spot and shifted her to hospital. It said the woman was suffering
PESHAWAR (APP): The deputy commissioner and district magistrate Lower Chitral has imposed Section 144 in the district from December 16 to 22 and banned unauthorized media interviewing of local community in Kalash valleys during their festival Chitirmas (Chomus). The festival would be celebrated in the three Kalash valleys of Bumborate, Rumboor and Birir from December
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CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police have arrested the man who killed two persons in Kaldam Gol, Drosh, in August 2023 and had escaped arrest. The victims belonged to Shahnigar area of Drosh and had been identified as Ashraf Nabi, son of Gul Nayab, and Ihsanuddin, son of Nehrabuddin. According to the FIR, Waheedullah, son of
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SN Peerzada BOONI: On 87the birth anniversary of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan on December 13, a walk to create awareness of drug eradication and addiction was held in Booni. The Aga Khan Social Welfare Board for Booni arranged the walk in collaboration with the district administration Upper Chitral, police department, religious leaders, social
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Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Speakers at a symposium on tourism in Chitral held here urged the government to remove hurdles that keep tourists from visiting the scenic valley. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Department, Frontier Corps North and Pakistan Army jointly organized the symposium. The event highlighted the importance of the conservation of Chitral\’s magnificent cultural heritage
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