CHITRAL: Mining activities being undertaken in the Nerdat Gol community conserved area near Chitral city have endangered the population of some rich species of wildlife, including snow leopard and Kashmir Markhor. The local community members have expressed their reservations over the grant of lease by the mineral development department to an investor for mining of […]
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CHITRAL: The dead body of an unidentified person was recovered from the river at Osiak on Tuesday, Rescue 1122 said. The emergency service shifted the dead body to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Drosh pending identification. A few days ago, a teacher had fallen into a river in Rech village of Torkhow. Rescue 1122 had said
PESHAWAR: A divisional bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC) granted status quo against re-interviews scheduled for Tuesday (Aug 21) on 16 posts of lecturers and stopped any adverse actions against petitioners on Monday. Khalid Rehman Advocate argued before the bench, comprising of Justice Muhammad Ijaz Sabi and Justice Dr. Khursheed Iqbal Mehrun Nisa along, that
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: The supply of drinking water from Golen Gol to Chitral town remains suspended since Aug 20 (Sunday) due to damages caused to the pipeline from the blasting of the mountain near Nerdeth Gol by the National Highway Authority (NHA) which is constructing the Chitral-Booni road. Consumers had earlier demanded that the
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CHITRAL: The sanitation workers in Chitral town have been protesting for the last three weeks seeking the release of their pending salaries. As a result, garbage have been piling up in the town and its surrounding localities. The employees of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) said they had not received their salaries for the last
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CHITRAL: A teenage boy who had gone missing from his house in Barenis on Aug 17, 2023, was recovered from a hotel in Chitral town on Saturday. The office of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral in a statement said that taking notice of social media posts, the administration launched search for the boy. \”On information
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Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: A civil society organization has pointed out substandard and poor quality work on the ongoing construction of the Chitral-Booni road and called upon higher authorities to take notice of the issue. Members of Chitral Development Movement (CDM) visited the under-construction road and found that its retaining walls were being constructed with
CHITRAL: A court has sentenced a man to lifetime imprisonment in a drug peddling case, the Lower Chitral police said on Thursday. It said the court also imposed a fine of Rs0.5 million under section 9D of the Control of Narcotics Substance Act. The convict, Muhammad Ejaz, son of Muhammad Ishaq, resident of Jughore, was
CHITRAL: A schoolteacher fell into a river along with his motorcycle while taking his younger brother to school in Sor Rech village of Upper Chitral on Thursday. Rescue 1122 said its staffers were searching for the dead body of Anwaruddin, but so far have failed to find it. However, the motorcycle of the deceased has
CHITRAL: A media report has revealed that a junior contractual teacher was appointed first as deputy registrar and then as additional registrar bypassing relevant procedures at the University of Chitral (UoC). The appointment is illegal as law doesn\’t allow giving additional responsibilities to contractual teachers because they are not considered employees of the university. The
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