Chitral News

Chitralis pay tributes to Benazir

CHITRAL, Dec 27: Local leaders and activists of the PPP paid tributes to Benazir Bhutto, the slain chairperson of the party, on her fifth death anniversary here on Thursday. In this connection, special gatherings were held in Chitral town and Booni. At the gathering in Chitral’s town hall, PPP district president and provincial minister for […]

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Khowar calendar published

CHITRAL, Dec 13: The Mother Tongue Institute for Educational and  Research (MIER) has published and brought into the market a Khowar calendar for the year 2013-14.  MIER is an organization that has been working on language and culture documentation and the preservation and promotion of Khowar language, culture. It is also developing consensual writing and orthographical

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Widening of Lowari Tunnel approved

ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The federal government has approved the widening of the road inside the Lowari Tunnel by 7.3 metres. The work on tunnel expansion was initiated from October 9 this year, officials of the National Highway Authority (NHA) told Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil on Wednesday.   The briefing, which was

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Mehtar bans duck hunting

CHITRAL, Oct 19: Muhammad Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir, Mehtar of Chitral, has banned duck hunting in Balach riverbank and asked all hunters not to use the river bank for hunting migratory birds, says a press release. In a message, he said that migratory birds (ducks etc) are being indiscriminately hunted all over the country especially

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