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Training of Kalash students on different skills underway

August 26, 2023

CHITRAL: A six-day training of Kalash minority students in Chitral has got underway in Chitral town. The Department of Minority Affairs, government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has arranged the training program. The participants included 80 Kalash minority students. The training will cover communication and leadership skills, entrepreneurship, CV making training, interviews, career counseling and preparation for […]

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Two young women commit suicide in Chitral

August 26, 2023

CHITRAL: Two young women committed suicide on a single day – one each in Upper and Lower Chitral – on Friday, according to police. In the first incident, Nausheen Rehmat, 19, a resident of Bilphok village, on Garam Chashma road near the Chitral town, reportedly hanged herself with a ceiling fan in her house. A

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Drosh protest, road blocked against killing of two men

Drosh protesters block road demanding arrest of killers

August 25, 2023

Gul Hamaad Farooqui DROSH: A large number of people blocked the main Chitral-Peshawar road for several houses in Drosh town on the second consecutive day on Friday against police failure to arrest the killers of two men. The two men from Shahnigar area of Drosh were found shot dead in the Kaldam Gol area where

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Poor quality work on Chitral-Booni-Shandur road

Discrepancies in Chitral-Booni-Shandur road project

August 24, 2023

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concerns regarding the ongoing widening and carpeting project of the Chitral-Booni-Shandur Road. While the initiative holds great promise for connecting communities and boosting local economies, recent developments have raised serious questions about the integrity of the project\’s execution. It is disheartening to witness the rampant corruption

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Woman arrested with charas

August 24, 2023

CHITRAL: A woman was on Thursday arrested after recovery of over one kilogram of charas from her possession, the police said. According to a spokesman for the Lower Chitral police, a team during checking at Chew bridge on suspicions got a sack carried by the woman checked by lady constables. He said the police recovered

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FIR registered over obscene video on social media

August 23, 2023

CHITRAL: The Chitral City Police have registered an FIR after a video showing a man having obscene acts with a boy in a car went viral on social media a few days ago. The police registered the case on the complaint of Mukhtar Shah, who is chairman of a civil society organization called Movement for

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Two shot dead in Kaldam Gol, bodied put in Chitral road at Drosh bazaar by protesters

Protesters block traffic by putting dead bodies on road

August 23, 2023

DROSH: For the first time in the history of Chitral, protesters blocked traffic by putting the dead bodies of two murdered men on the Chitral-Peshawar road on Wednesday afternoon. The two persons from Shahnigar area were found shot dead in the Kaldam Gol area where they had gone to collect firewood early on Wednesday. The

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Lower, Upper Chitral get new DPOs

August 23, 2023

CHITRAL: The district police officers of both Lower and Upper Chitral have been transferred and replaced with new ones. According to a notification issued by the inspector general of the police, Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Ikram Ullah, a grade 18 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) has been appointed as the DPO of Lower Chitral.

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Accident at Karak leaves two dead, three injured

Two shot dead in Kaldam Gol of Drosh over land pasture

August 23, 2023

Kamal A. Jamil DROSH: The dead bodies of two persons believed to have been murdered over a land dispute were recovered from a forest at Kaldam Gol in Drosh on Wednesday. The victims belonged to Shahnigar area of Drosh. They have been identified as Ashraf Nabi, son of Gul Nayab, and Ihsanuddin, son of Nehrabuddin.

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Uchal festival ends: tour operators say tourists being harassed at checkposts

August 23, 2023

CHITRAL: Tour operators, tour guides and hoteliers have urged the government to facilitate tourists coming for the religious festival of Uchal in Kalash Valley instead of harassing them at the checkpoints in Chitral. The Uchal festival of Kalash tribes concluded in Bumburate with the participants indulging in merry-making by dancing and singing. Talking to the

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