Youth commits \’suicide\’
CHITRAL: A young man reportedly committed suicide due to unknown reasons in Singoor area of Lower Chitral on Sunday. Locals told ChitralToday that Amjad shot himself dead at his house. Police are investigating the incident.
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Training sessions held for potato growers
CHITRAL: A team of the agriculture department’s extension wing visited the potato-producing areas of Lot Koh valley and held training sessions for farmers in Parabek and Mogh villages. Subject matter specialist Rafiq Ahmed and agriculture officer Shahzad Ayub imparted training to farmers on potato and pea production, use of modern technology and winter management of
Student falls into river from bridge
CHITRAL: A student of 9th class reportedly fell off a bridge into the river in Kushum village on Saturday. Rescue 1122 said Arsalan, aged 15 years, son of Sher Arab, was a patient of epilepsy. He fell into the river from the bridge at Pastkhora. Rescue staff launched a search for the dead body of
Extremists targeting extremists
Pervez Hoodbhoy The Taliban are puppets of the Americans and the ‘Western crusader’ because they met CIA and US officials! There can’t be a wackier, stupider claim but this one led to the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) sending a young heaven-seeker who blew himself up at Kabul airport on Aug 27, killing up to 170 including 13 American
10 schools closed in Chitral due to Covid
CHITRAL: Eight schools were closed in Lower Chitral district and two in Upper Chitral district on Friday after scores of students tested positive for coronavirus. Officials said the screening of other students, teachers and other staff members of those schools for Covid-19 was underway, and schools closed in Chitral where cases were detected. Deputy district