CHITRAL, July 18: Taliban from Afghanistan side attacked a security forces checkpost at Langorbut near in Arandu on Tuesday. But the security forces retaliated and killed six of them, said the ISPR. However, there was no casualty from the security forces side. A spokesman for the ISPR at Swat told this scribe that some terrorists […]
CHITRAL, July 12: A fire broke out in the forest of Achulga situated between the Kalash valleys of Bumburate and Rumbur which consists of deodar trees. District Coordination Officer Rahmatullah Wazir said hectic efforts were afoot to extinguish the fire as he had sent the border force to help the forest officials. He expressed the
DROSH, June 10: About 30 sewing machines and different household items were distributed among 60 persons, mostly women, from the Madaglasht valley the other day. The items were arranged by Young Star Development Organization (YSDO) of Drosh. Speaking at a function held on the occasion, chairman YSDO Asfandyar Khan said they had been working in different
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CHITRAL, June 1: Residents of Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur have demanded of the government to lift ban on transportation of timber of fallen and dead trees to market. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, the Kalash represented by Ubaidur Rahman, Unnat Baig, Bahram Shah and others said that different parts
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CHITRAL, May 14; On the occasion of the famous Kalash festival Chilim Jusht, the Kalash people of Rumbur got a new Jastakhan (dancing hall) with modern facilities suited to their needs. The speakers at the function held in connection with the inauguration of a Jastakhan constructed by Chitral Integrated Area Development Project (CIADP) funded by
BOONI: Two students lost their lives when a landslide buried them here today. Two students killed. According to the Booni police, the students were playing cricket near a nulla when the landslide fell upon them. Those who lost their lives in the incident were identified as Sadam Hussain, son of Kiramat, a student of 8th
CHITRAL, April 27: Naik Tariq Jalal of Chitral Scouts, a resident of Denin, reached home on Friday – more than eight months after being kidnapped and taken to Afghanistan by the Taliban. He was set free by the militants reportedly after receiving ransom. The family and people of Chitral took a sigh of relief on
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BOONI: Chitral Environment and Heritage Protection Society chief Rehmat Ali Jaffar said students can be an agent of change after their teachers. He said Chitral and its environment was very much conducive in terms of its balanced forests. The data dating back to 1930, he added, showed that Chitral had a 35% forest cover which
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CHITRAL: Skill development centres will be set up in different areas of the Kalash valleys, a senior government officer said. He said work on the projects would be launched very soon. In addition, he said, a Polytechnic Institute was being constructed in Chitral an estimated cost of Rs10 million to equip students with modern education.
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Study reveals trafficking of poor Chitrali girls A study recently conducted by Regional Women Empowerment Project of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) suggested that the 74 per cent of the marriage of Chitrali girls with down-district people especially in Punjab proved to be fake. It says that the trafficking of women is done for
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