ISLAMABAD: A consultative workshop on the national cultural narrative was convened at the National Library in Islamabad. According to a press release, the collaborative event was jointly organized by the National Culture and Heritage Division, Hashoo Foundation and Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad to seek inputs relevant stakeholders and foster collaboration among professionals from various fields. The […]
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Al the 135 sanitation workers of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Chitral have been on a strike for the last 10 days due to non-payment of their salaries for the last six months. Due to the strike of the sanitation workers, the town, especially Women and Children Hospital, District Headquarters Hospital, Shahi
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BOONI: Police in Upper Chitral have arrested six activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on the charge of violating a ban on holding \’public gathering\’. The arrested activists included PTI Upper Chitral vice president and former UC nazim Zulfi Hunar Shah and tehsil Mastuj vice president Izatmand Shah. The PTI activists were taken into custody by
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DROSH: Flash flood in Drosh nullah late on Sunday inundated a number of houses and shops in the local bazaar, forcing the residents to move to safer places. The floodwater also damaged croplands and fruit trees in the town. However, there was no loss of life, said Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral. The emergency service said
Zahiruddin CHITRAL: Two weeks have passed since the devastating flood in Chitral River swept away two centuries-old Chinar (maple) trees flanking the royal fort but the locals still widely bewail the loss of the old trees, which they call part and parcel of their heritage. The social media platforms of the locals is brimming with
