MASTUJ, June 20, 2019: If there is no tangible progress on the repair and reconstruction of Booni, Shandur and Yarkhun roads by June 24, the people of Mastuj will block the road to Shandur by staging a protest sit-in before the start of the annual polo festival in July. This warning was issued by notables […]
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CHITRAL: The general elections 2018 saw active public participation with the overall turnout of over 52 percent in the country. Though in many constituencies, voting by women still remains an issue, women in Chitral showed their political emancipation and activism by hugely taking to the polling stations on July 25. According to the Election Commission
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CHITRAL: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) candidates won both the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly seats of Chitral with a big margin in the July 25, 2018, general elections. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitral won the NA-1 and Maulana Hidayatur Rehman the PA-1 seat. The candidates of PTI for
CHITRAL: In all, 18 candidates of different political parties and independents have submitted nominations for the only one National Assembly seat of Chitral. They also include the covering candidates. For PK-1, there are 27 candidates, including the covering candidates. The names of the candidates and their party affiliations are as under: NA-1: All Pakistan Muslim
Zar Alam Khan The increasing use of drugs, especially homemade liquor, by young people is fast becoming a social evil across Chitral needing an urgent attention by the local admin, police as well as the community. Like in the case of rising suicides among the youth, mostly women, government departments as well as the civil
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CHITRAL: Looking at the dumps of the garbage in Chitral bazaar, it seems that the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) has swung into action to remove them after many years even though it should be a routine exercise. A representative of the traders on Wednesday expressed his happiness over the TMA decision to spare four vehicles
CHITRAL: An army man from Chitral Havaldar Ghulam Nazir, resident of Seen, embraced martyrdom while fighting terror elements in Lower Dir. The other fallen soldiers with him were Major Ali Salman, who belonged to an intelligence agency, Havaldar Akhtar and Sepoy Abdul Karim. They carried out an intelligence-based operation against a terrorist hideout in Sherotkai
ISLAMABAD: Abdul Akram has been appointed as the new assistant commissioner (AC) headquarters Chitral after beating four other potential contenders of provincial management service (PMS) who were also in the run for the slot. Besides, Syed Mazhar Ali Shah was appointed district monitoring officer (DMO) of independent monitoring unit (IMU) to oversee the performance of
CHITRAL: Army helicopters airlifted people stranded in different areas who needed urgent arrival in their homes. The body of Chitral Scouts sepoy Irshadul Haq was taken to his native village of Shagram and buried with full military honour. He died after a Chitral Scouts post was hit by an avalanche in Damel on Sunday. The
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CHITRAL: Over 14 people, including six children, are reported dead as an avalanche buried scores of houses in the Shershal village of Karimabad valley on Saturday night. Chitral Scouts Commandant Col Nizamuddin Shah told media that bodies of the 14 people had been recovered. At least 25 houses have been buried under the avalanche and
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