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Kalash elder accuses own community member of undermining traditions

CHITRAL: A Kalash elder on Monday accused a member of his own community of conspiring against their customs, traditions, and culture. Addressing a press conference here, Bahram Shah, a former Kalash minority member of the district council, alleged that Mangil Khan was attempting to erase the centuries-old traditions of the Kalash people, causing distress among

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fire

Fire renders family homeless

M. Irshadullah CHITRAL: A house was gutted in a fire in the remote village of Khar Choom Lot Oveer in Upper Chitral on Saturday. The fire spread so rapidly that it engulfed the entire house within moments. Since the area is remote and lacks fire brigade services, local residents made strenuous efforts to extinguish the

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river

Search ongoing for missing woman

BOONI: A search operation has been launched to recover the dead body of a woman who reportedly fell into the river in Torkhow area of Upper Chitral. According to the family of the woman in Verkhop village, the woman might have committed suicide by jumping into the river as she has been missing since Tuesday

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health

Recruitment of technicians based on 2021 test results ordered

Muhammad Irshad ullah PESHAWAR: The Mingora Bench of the Peshawar High Court has ordered the recruitment of candidates who passed the test for clinical technician positions in the Upper Chitral Health Department in 2021. Asifur Rehman, Ehtesham and others had filed a case in the court, arguing that the Upper Chitral Health Department had advertised

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