Chitral News

Upper Chitral Achieves 96pc Target in Polio Campaign

Booni, Dec 20, 2025: The four-day anti-polio vaccination campaign in Upper Chitral concluded successfully, achieving 96 percent of its overall target, officials here have claimed. The progress was shared during a review meeting held on the catch-up day under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner (Finance and Planning) Muhammad Anwar. The meeting was also attended

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New SDPO Mastuj Assumes Charge

Booni, Dec 19, 2025: The Mastuj circle has a new subdivisional police officer (SDPO) as DSP Akbar Shah officially assumed charge of his post. DSP Akbar Shah has previously served as SDPO Torkhow/Mulkhow and has held several important postings throughout his career. After his promotion to the rank of inspector, he was appointed as SHO

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Peshawar High Court building.

PHC Says 1975 Notification Rebuttable, Declines To Strike It Down

Barrister Asad-ul-Mulk says Judgment Is Opening Path for Private Claims. PESHAWAR, Dec 16, 2025: In a significant ruling impacting land ownership across Chitral, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) has issued a detailed judgment declaring the 1975 notification of the Home and Tribal Affairs Department to be “rebuttable,” overturning the long-held view that it was “irrebuttable.”

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Funeral prayer of GDC Principal Prof Siraj Muhammad is attendned by a large number of people at Jinali ground Chitral town on Dec 15, 2025.

GDC Principal Prof Siraj Laid to Rest

CHITRAL: Professor Siraj Muhammad, Principal of Government Degree College Chitral, who passed away after a brief illness on Sunday night in a hospital in Peshawar, was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Muldeh locality of Chitral town on Monday. His funeral prayer was offered after Maghrib prayers at Jinali Ground in a deeply

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