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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Chitral: Two senior professors have been manhandled and misbehaved with by officials of the revenue departments. According to reports, Professor Masood Ahmed of Government Degree College Chitral and his brother, Sardar Ahmed, Principal of Chitral Education College, were visiting the office of Deputy District Officer Revenue, Wasil Khan and Tehsildar Nimatullah for re-measurement of their
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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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CHITRAL: The lady health workers and supervisors under the National Health Programme have demanded of the federal government to release their salaries stuck up for the last five months. Talking to the local media persons here, their leaders including Zahida Muzafar, Shahina Mahmud, Samina Sardar and Sahira Banu lamented that they were deprived of all
ISLAMABAD, March 23, 2012: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the asset details of lawmakers submitted to it under the law showing MPAs Saleem Khan and Ghulam Mohammad of Chitral as the richest among other lot in the hilly districts. According to the record, the total value of assets showed by MPA Saleem
CHITRAL: Jashn-i-Nauruz’ was celebrated at Pamir Riverside Inn with Mehtar of Chitral Fatehul Mulk Nasir as the chief guest. The event was marked by participation of people belonging to various walks of life. The celebration was aimed at wiping out the misconception that Nauruz belonged to a particular area or community of people. Rahmat Ali
