ISLAMABAD: The ‘woo-the-voter’ budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 reflects government’s frustration with the International Monetary Fund-mandated harsh economic policies and its desperation to give people something to ‘feel good about the economy’ in last two years of its term before the next general elections. The government changing gears to growth was first indicated when
CHITRAL: A Jirga will decide the land dispute between the two groups of people in Madaklasht, said the office of the district police officer, Lower Chitral. The decision was made during a meeting of people from Madaklasht at the office of DPO Sonia Shamroz on Friday. The participants decided that the issue between the two
CHITRAL: Maulana Muhammad Ashraf, a popular figure of Laspur valley of Upper Chitral, passed away at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Chitral on Friday. He was 99. Maulana Ashraf was father of well-known scholar Dr Inayatullah Faizi. He will be laid to rest in his native village of Balim on Saturday.–Bashir Hussain
CHITRAL: In another suicide incidence, a 30-year-old man killed himself by jumping into the river from the Osiak bridge on Friday. Rescue 1222 said the victim, Shuja, son of Faiz Muhammad, was a resident of Alian Dap, Drosh. It said he was mentally stressed. Rescue 1122 said its divers have started efforts to recover the
CHITRAL: Awami National Party leader Hussain Shah Yousafzai has said that incidents of mysterious disappearance of people in the country is regrettable and against the Constitution. “Awarding punishment is the responsibility of courts under the relevant laws, not of individual and other institutions,” he said this while talking to the media here on Thursday. ANP
