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, […]
CHITRAL, April 24: A diploma civil engineering final-year student committed suicide in the Parwak village of upper Chitral. Reports said that Essa Zeshan, 22, son of Essa Ali, shot himself dead over some domestic issues. It has been learnt that the victim had also tried to kill himself in the recent past by jumping into
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CHITRAL, April 3: Officials of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Chitral campus are working day and night to make sure that the stationery and other materials reached students in all parts of Chitral for the practical exams of the matric classes. Assistant controller examinations Chitral, Nuhamamd Ismail Khan said despite shortage of
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government informed the Supreme Court that any Taliban incursion into Chitral from the Afghan province of Nooristan to force the Kalash to convert to Islam was almost impossible because the Pakistan Army was regularly patrolling the border. In reply to a suo motu notice taken by the apex court
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CHITRAL, Feb 21: To allay the sense of insecurity among the Kalash tribe in the wake of the Taliban threats, the Chitral Scouts and the district administration arranged a meeting of the local people in Bumburate valley on Friday. The gathering was presided over by Col Naeem Iqbal, the commandant of Chitral Scouts. Among others,
