KARACHI, Oct 3: Tajuddin Sharar of Shagram,Torkhow, defended his PhD thesis at the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) Karachi. The program was attended by scholars of high repute, teachers and students of AKU-IED. It is worth mentioning that a panel of five scholars namely Dr. Steven Shane Jordan McGill University Montreal, Dr. Sourayan […]
CHITRAL, Oct 2: A farewell party was held at the Government High School Balach in honor of Muhammad Hashim, the Headmaster of the school, who retired from service. Ihsanul Haq, assistant district education officer, was chief guest on the occasion while the ceremony was presided over by Mr. Hashim. Addressing the function, the speakers paid
CHITRAL, Sept 3: A young man was shot dead and another injured in the village of Zait in upper Chitral early Wednesday. Reports said the families of the deceased and the attacker had an old enmity. In 2010, a cousin of Khalilur Rehman was killed allegedly by the family of Sharifullah over a dispute of
PESHAWAR, Aug 24: A delegation, comprising the members of National Youth Assembly from Chitral, met the head of the higher education department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Aftab Ahmed Khan, and briefed him about the educational issues of Chitral. The delegation was led by Abbas Hussain from Drosh. The delegation informed the higher education department chief that Chitral
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CHITRAL, July 18: A delegation of Power Committee Chitral held a special meeting with SRSP chief executive officer Shahzada Masoodul Mulk. The meeting was attended by Hayatullah Khan, the president of the power ccommittee, Vice President M. Kawsar Advocate, Chairman Nasir Ahmad and General Secretary Qari Jamshed Ahmad. The meeting discussed the establishment of one
CHITRAL, July 1: During a private TV talk-show, the managing director of the Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan reiterated the government’s resolve to ensure the availability of quality and sufficient items in all the outlets at subsidized rates during Ramazan. Ensuring the availability of daily-use items in the utility stores is a matter of public
GILGIT, June 19: Opposing the Gilgit-Baltistan government’ s decision, the Ghizer polo team has decided to participate in the three-day Shandur festival from Friday. The opening polo match would be played between the teams of the district Ghizar and of Laspur valley. This was announced by Gul Wali, the captain of the Ghizer polo team,
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CHITRAL, May 7: The flood-affected people of Green Lasht village in upper Chitral have sought government’s help for the rehabilitation and protection of their houses and land. The small Green Lasht village was badly hit by floods last year. As a result, about six houses were washed away while 10 others were damaged partially. Hundreds
DROSH, May 4: Two persons – a man and his son – were killed and another was injured over a land dispute in the Osiak village at about 4:40 am on Sunday. According to the police, Iqbalul Mulk and Muazazul Mulk groups had a dispute over land in Osiak village which led to an armed
SWAT: Violence against those resisting the militancy in Malakand Division is not intimidating the area’s residents. Unidentified militants in April killed two well-known anti-Taliban activists. “In spite of these losses, the morale of Swat residents and of the family of Muzaffer Khan is high and we will continue to fight the extremists,” said Ataullah Khan,
