CHITRAL: A youth died in Jughor village near Chitral town after his own gun went off accidentally on Monday. Local residents said Fawad Aziz, 24, son of Aziz Baig, was working in his agriculture field carrying a 12-bore gun when it went off accidentally and bullets hit him. The injured youth was taken to a […]
By Khalid Pervaiz (Booni) Democracy, as defined by Abraham Lincoln, implies a government by the people, of the people and for the people. As opposed to that, In Pakistan this form of government has always been defined and practiced as ‘buy the people, off the people and far the people’. The common man in our
By Nadeem F. Paracha The Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), despite being ignored by the mainstream media, is drawing huge crowds of young and old Pakhtuns. The movement is positioning itself as a platform to protect the rights and lives of the Pakhtuns from what it considers are elements from within and outside the state bent
CHITRAL: On the call of the Provincial Nursing Association, nurses at the District Headquarters Hospital Chitral have started a symbolic strike demanding acceptance of their demands. They observed the two-hour symbolic protest by wearing black arm-bands till the acceptance of their demands including time scale promotion, an increase of Rs10,000 in the health professional allowance
CHITRAL: While the police have tightened the noose around drug peddlers and sending them to jails outside Chitral, this young man involved in the illegal narcotics business thought it safe to repent and save himself from the clutches of the law. Manzoor Ahmed from Hon in Chitral told people during Friday prayers at Shahi Masjid
