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Price review body issues revised list

CHITRAL: The district price review committee on Friday issued a revised list of basic commodities that will come into force from May 26. The new list was prepared at a meeting of the committee chaired by Assistant Commissioner Chitral Sajid Nawaz Gondal. The meeting was attended by representatives of political parties and traders besides officials, […]

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Malakand does not come under purview of PSRA

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private School Regulatory Authority (PSRA) Act has not been extended to the federally administered tribal areas (FATA) and the provincially administered tribal areas (PATA). As such, private educational institutions in all the seven districts of Malakand Division, including Chitral that constitutes PATA, will not be affected or governed by any decision

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NA passes bill to merge FATA with KP

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment seeking the much-awaited merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) with a 229-1 vote in favour. Lawmakers from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) and the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chose to walk out from the assembly ahead of the vote.

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Another suicide case reported

CHITRAL: A teenage girl in the Terich valley of Upper Chitral has reportedly committed suicide, bringing the number of suicide cases to 26 within the last about seven months in Chitral. The Mulkhow police said the 15-year-old ended her life by jumping into the river. The cause of the suicide could not be ascertained. The

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