BOONI, Oct 7: Some residents of Booni have started a hunger strike against what they said massive corruption in the communication and works (C&W), irrigation and public health departments. The residents on hunger strike included Sarfarz Ali, Rehmat Salam, Mohammad Khan, Noor Wali Shah, Faizur Rehman and Tika Khan. They have been observing the hunger […]
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CHITRAL, Oct 6: Abdul Ghani alias Dul Maama of Broze, Chitral, is not an ordinary man. His life has been full of literary work, including Khowar poetry. At the age of around 80, he still participates in literary gatherings with zeal. Dul Maama and his typical Chitrali Chonjer (catapult) always accompanies him wherever he goes
A weekend getaway in the Chitral Valley shows stunning areal views of Pakistan’s northern mountains and the warmth of the Kalash people that have a self-sustaining pre-Islamic culture. It was a sleepless last night in Chitral. The helicopter was down. It was out there somewhere where anyone could find it. And then what would be
DROSH, Sept 16: It is disgusting that there has been an alarming increase in crimes in Chitral that were unheard of in the peaceful valley in the past. Acid attack on women, murder, kidnapping, abduction and impersonation cases in Chitral? It is also troubling that almost all the accused in these cases were those who
ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: After the directives of Peshawar High Court (PHC)’s election tribunal to recount the postal ballot papers and rejected votes in PK-90 upper Chitral to resolve the tug of war between the winner and the runner-up, PPP candidate Sardar Hussain has taken it as a done victory after a hard battle. In the
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CHITRAL, Sept 3, 2013: A girl and a boy committed suicide in two localities of Garam Chashma valley. Both of them were said to be mentally disturbed. A spokesman for the Chitral police, inspector Buzurguddin, said Maqsud Bibi of Roi village jumped into the local river and ended her life. Her body was later retrieved
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CHITRAL, July 21: The People’s Student Federation (PSF) Chitral was reorganized during the visit of the provincial president PSF Malik Amjad Khan. New PSF cabinet includes Faizanullah president, Kalimullah Haider general secretary and Mohammad Younus senior vice-president. On the occasion, the provincial president asked the new office-bearers to form the cabinet as soon as possible
CHITRAL, July 3: A man from Malakand Agency was arrested in Drosh on the charge of posing himself as the senior superintendent of police. The police said fake degrees and stamps of different universities were also recovered from the accused. SDPO Drosh circle Mohammad Khalid said Ejaz Rahim, son of Rahimdad of Kupar village of
Report Alhaj Muhammad Khan CHARUN, July 2: With the increase in temperature, the Yarkhun river has reached its high mark of last year when it destroyed the properties of people living along the river in Junali-Koch and Awi Lasht and other parts of upper Chitral. “Once the season of spring and summer was going to
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CHITRAL, June 8: Former member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Chitral and Jamaat-i- Islami leader Maulana Abdul Akbar here on Saturday demanded an investigation into alleged embezzlement of developmental funds from 2008 to 2012 in Chitral. Addressing a press conference, he called upon chief minister KPK Parvez Khattak and senior minister Sirajul Haq for
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