CHITRAL: Meant for the conservation of snow leopard in its habitat of Hindukush belt, a landscape management plan (LMP) was presented to stakeholders during a consultative workshop in Chitral. The LMP is meant to salvage the large feline and its environment with increased participation of authorities and the communities playing their respective roles, according to […]
SONOGHUR: The new building of the Basic Health Unit (BHU) at Sonoghur was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Muhammad Khalid Zaman on Sept 19, 2023 (Tuesday). The building remained incomplete due to unavailability of funds since 2016. Speaking at the inaugural function, village council member and social activist Sadiqur Rehman thanked the district administration
CHITRAL: The 18 government girls’ schools, which were closed on Sept 10 after reports of chickenpox outbreak, are now reopened. The health department accused the district administration of closing the whole schools instead of shutting only the classes where the suspected cases were reported. Girls’ schools in Thoriandeh Ayun, Bakrabad, Sahan Ayun, Tar Sheshi Koh,
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PESHAWAR: In a first, a Chitrali officer of the Provincial Management Service (PMS) has been appointed as the deputy commissioner of Upper Chitral, according to a notification issued on Monday. It said Muhammad Irfan Uddin (PMS BS-18), currently working as additional deputy commissioner Lower Chitral, is transferred and posted as the deputy commissioner of Upper
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Karim Ullah BOONI: A project funded by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has been launched to empower youth by equipping them with soft and technical skills and promote diversity and pluralism through a series of interactive community building events. The project launching ceremony was held at the Al-Karim Welfare Society\’s office in Booni,
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BOONI: While construction of Chitral-Shandur road is ongoing, commuters have to face blockades for hours during blasting on a mountain in front of Booni. This inconvenience to the public could continue as long as work on the mega project is not complete, mainly because there is no alternative for such blockades anywhere in Chitral. While
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Medical University (KMU) has decided to set up a nursing college in Chitral to provide training to the local candidates in their own district. According to a press release, KMU Vice chancellor Prof Ziaul Haq told Pakistan Nursing Council member Fazal Maula during a meeting that majority of women nurses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
CHITRAL: An Afghan national was arrested by the City police Chitral on the charge of stealing cash and valuables worth millions of rupees from the house of a compatriot in the town. In a statement, the police on Wednesday said that Atiq Ullah, a native of Afghanistan currently residing in Jang Bazar, had reported about
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CHITRAL: The health department has confirmed three cases of chickenpox in students of a government primary school in Bakrabad, Lower Chitral, while declaring as inaccurate almost all the cases reported by the education department. District health officer Dr Fayaz Rumi said due to the rising number of chickenpox cases in Upper Chitral, the education department
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GH Fraooqi CHITRAL: In order to resolve the low voltage and distribution issues, transformers and electricity poles were arranged for the town areas. The transformers and poles were distributed among the local representatives at a function held at Jutilasht on Tuesday. The transformers and poles were purchased from funds provided by former MNA Molana Abdul
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