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\’King of corruption\’ should not point fingers at others: Salim Khan

BOONI, Jan 6: Former provincial minister and MPA from lower Chitral Salim Khan on Tuesday said the corruption allegations levlled against him by former MPA from upper Chitral Haji Ghulam Muhammad were baseless and he would soon be issuing him a legal notice.  Talking to ChitralToday, the MPA said he would very soon not only issue […]

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Rs3.42 billion approved for relaunching of stalled road projects

ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: After a long struggle of 19 months involving four investigations by the communication and works (C&W) department, the anti-corruption department, the KP investigation team (PIT) and NAB, the revised cost estimates of both the Booni-Shandur and Booni-Buzund (Torkhow) road projects amounting to Rs.3.42 billion were on Tuesday approved at a meeting of Central

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Deprived of basic medical facilities, Mulkhow residents go on hunger strike

WARIJUN, Dec 15: About 100 to 150 people of Mulkhow have started a symbolic hunger strike here against unavailability of facilities at the Rural Health Centre (RHC) of Warijun. The protesters said that even first-aid facility was not available at the centre which is also without any medical and paramedical staff. As a result, the

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My rivals have no political future: GM

BOONI, Dec 14: Nobody, including MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin, should be worried on my decision to join the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), said former MPA Haji Ghulam Muhammad.  Talking to ChitralToday, he said by joining the religious party, he would not lose his vote bank, especially in upper Chitral, where he claimed to have over 3,000 solid votes. He

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Students asked to play their role in elimination of corruption

BOONI, Dec 11: The Govt Girls Degree College Booni organized a one-day seminar on corruption in society where speakers came up with ideas for the prevention and elimination of such practices. According to a press release issued by the college, all the students, principal, teaching and administrative staff of the college participated in the seminar

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Legislators at each other\’s throat to win credit for past projects

BOONI, Dec 8: While people of upper Chitral are suffering due to lack of basic facilities, their current and former elected representatives have started a war of words over the few projects that were sanctioned years back but still not completed.  Most of the projects, including the construction of the Booni-Shandur and Booni-Buzund (Torkhow) roads

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Chitrali students exhibit models on disaster management

PESHAWAR, Dec 4: An exhibition was held at the University of Peshawar which was organized by the disaster management department of the university. Students and representatives set up stalls exhibiting models to deal with natural disasters and calamities. In the exhibition, Chitrali students including Muhammad Fawad, Sajjad Ali Shah, Warda Riaz, put on show a

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