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Zarqubad Subedar passes away

CHITRAL, June 17: Haji Muhammad Zarqubad, a prominent personality of Chitral who was popularly known as Khanan Duro Subedar, passed away after a protracted illness at his residence in Khanan Dur, Mastuj, on Tuesday evening. He was 80. He is survived by his five sons – Afzal Qubad, Akbar Qubad, Shahzad Qubad, Ajmal Qubad and

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KP govt trapped on Shandur

The Shandur polo festival is again in the news. This time, the provincial government of KP has been trapped in a mire. After a seminar in Peshawar some irrelevant elements from Peshawar and Gilgit have changed the dates for the Shandur festival. The new schedule is 18 to 20th August 2015. In the month of

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Youth falls to death

BREP, April 28, 2015: A young man died after falling from a jeep in the Brep village early on Tuesday morning. The name of the deceased could not be ascertained but he was a resident of the Pover village in Yarkhun. Locals told ChitralToday that the youth was travelling atop the jeep loaded with fodder

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Shandur festival to bring people of KP, GB closer, says official

PESHAWAR, April 7: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) is arranging a one-day seminar in the provincial capital in connection with the upcoming Shandur Polo Festival. According to organisers, the seminar to be held on April 13 will engage stakeholders for organising the festival in a befitting manner and promote peace and tourism in the

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