ISLAMABAD: Members of the Christian Awakening Movement held a protest here demanding the resignation of Member of National Assembly (MNA) Molana Abdul Akbar Chitrali for insulting the Bible during a speech at the lower house of parliament. They gathered outside the National Press Club and said Abdul Akbar Chitrali of Jamaat-e-Islami party while speaking against […]
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Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL, Jan 16, 2023: An anti-polio campaign has started in Lower Chitral which will continue for three days followed by a two-day catch-up drive in which drops will be administered to children left out during the three days. Health department officials in some areas have to walk on snowy roads door-to-door to
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CHITRAL: Areas around Lowari tunnel received at least three inch of snowfall by Thursday evening without the road between Chitral and down districts being blocked, according to the office of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral. The DC office however asked commuters to avoid unnecessary travel, adding drivers of public transport vehicles should adopt safety measures
CHITRAL: A two-day panel discussion aimed at understanding the problems of social, economic and political nature faced by Chitrali concluded here on Wednesday. Among the issues faced by women in Chitral, the discussion included increasing domestic violence and sexual harassment, early marriage, marriage outside the district without investigation, deprivation from ancestral property, neglect of women
Gul Hamaad Farooqi ARANDU: People of Arandu located on Pakistan-Afghan border in the southwest of Chitral have finally spoken out against non-existence of basic facilities of life in their area. The union council inhabited by about 25,000 people is still living still in stone age. There is no communication, healthcare facilities, schools, potable drinking water
CHITRAL: The deputy commissioner of Lower Chitral on Thursday stated that the Balach Shotar (riverbed) is a state property and hunting of migratory birds in the area is totally banned from now onward. The office of the deputy commissioner said that a meeting was held with the DC Anwarul Haq in chair and attended by
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CHITRAL: A man murdered his brother over a petty dispute in Chuinj village of tehsil Mastuj in Upper Chitral, local people told ChitralToday correspondent on Friday. The Mastuj police identified the killer as Syed Nizar Ali Shah and the deceased as his elder brother Sardar Ali Shah, sons of Buland Shah. The local residents said
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CHITRAL: The ongoing expansion and repair of the main road from Chew bridge in Lower Chitral to Shandur in Upper Chitral is being carried out using poor quality of material. Work on the key road connecting Lower and Upper Chitral started at different points a few months ago and is expected to complete at the
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[Picture of damaged house by Musa Syeed] YARKHUN: A humanitarian crisis is brewing in the remote Yarkhun valley of Upper Chitral with the already poor road and Telenor communication services collapsing in the wake of the incessant rains and floods. Damage to optical fibre cables and power outages have also disrupted internet and telephone services
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Kamal A. Jamil DROSH: At least four people were confirmed dead and scores of others missing during flash floods that washed away a number of houses and other properties in Azeerbekan Deh of Shishi Koh on Friday. Sources in the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Drosh confirmed to ChitralToday that four dead bodies had been brought
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