CHITRAL: The directorate general of health held a workshop here to increase breastfeeding awareness. The event was attended by lady health workers, lady health visitors and nurses. The speakers, including focal person for the initiative Zafar Khan, public health coordinator Dr Wali Khan, charge nurse Sakina and district khateeb Maulana Fazle Maula, advocated breastfeeding and
CHITRAL: Teachers of government colleges in Lower and Upper Chitral districts demonstrated outside the press club building here against what they called the government’s decision to privatize their educational institutions. Led by president of the Chitral chapter of the Pakhtunkhwa Lecturers Association Naveed Iqbal and representatives of the College of Management Sciences, the protesters carried
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BUMBURATE: People from the Bumburate, Birir, Rumbur valleys and Ayun held a protest gathering at Broon village against the inordinate delay in start of work on the Kalash valleys road by the government. Addressing the gathering, also participated by women of the area and tourists, speakers came down hard on the PTI government for delaying
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DROSH: A fire has been raging in the forest of Drosh Gol for over 24 hours, local people told ChitralToday. They said the flames have damaged flora and fauna over a large swath of forest. Chitral Scouts and police along with the forest department officials should be sent to the site, they said. It is
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan As the security situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate with every passing hour, diplomatic efforts have been ramped up with active involvement of the US, China, Russia and Pakistan named as Troika-plus to resume the intra-Afghan peace negotiations aimed at reaching a peaceful political settlement to the Afghan conflict that
