CHITRAL: As many as 22 students of a religious seminary located at Singoor village were hospitalized for food poisoning on Monday morning. The students of Jamia Islamia Al-Lubnat Singoor fell sick after taking Sehri and were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral. Some of the students were discharged after being provided treatment within a […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carried out airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in different areas of Afghanistan, it emerged on Monday. Though the government has yet to come out about the details, Zabihullah Mujahid, the internation minister in the Taliban regime of Afghanistan, said jets from Pakistan bombed houses of common people in the provinces of Paktika and
CHITRAL: Representatives of political, religious parties and civil society have resolved to foil an attempt of the Auqaf department to take control of Chitral\’s Shahi Masjid, Xang Bazar mosque and Bilal mosque in Drosh. At a meeting with former MPA Molana Abdur Rehman here on Sunday, a resolution was passed by the participants asking the
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CHITRAL: On the direction of the district administration of Lower Chitral, an attempt to smuggle cattle out of the district was foiled at Baradam checkpost near the Lowari tunnel. In a statement, the DC office said that the security personnel after being alerted by Levies intelligence in Drosh took action against the persons involved in
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says the center of artificial intelligence can uplift the nation\’s economy through product commercialization and digital exports for economic growth. He expressed these views during a visit to National Center of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad. The visit to
Gul Hamad Farooqui CHITRAL: The construction work on Chitral-Booni-Shandur road has been going on for over four years under the supervision of the National Highway Authority (NHA). However, the multi-billion project has not only seen unnecessary delays but also quality of work on it is substandard. This is why most of the protection and retaining
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BOONI: Retired ambassador Muhammad Aslam Khan was laid to rest at his ancestral village of Shogram in Upper Chitral on Sunday. He passed away after a protracted illness at the age of 69 on March 14 at a hospital in Kuwait where he had settled after retirement as Pakistan\’s ambassador to that country in 2015.
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari\’s daughter Asifa Bhutto will be contesting by-election for a National Assembly seat in Nawabshah, Sindh. The seat NA-207 has been vacated by Mr Zardari after he became the president of Pakistan. The by-election on the seat will be held on April 21. Soon after taking oath as the president, Mr
KARACHI: The Wildlife Department of Sindh on Sunday launched a first ever sparrow census in Karachi. According to reports, the result of the sparrow counting will be released on March 20, which is observed as International Day of Sparrows. Sparrow loving citizens along with the wildlife department are taking part in the counting and will
CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police on Sunday said that it arrested a habitual woman drug peddler after recovery of ice (crystal methamphetamine) from her house. In a statement, the police said that on the direction of District Police Officer Qamar Hayat Khan, a crackdown was underway in the district. Under supervision of Subdivisional Police Officer
