ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in a statement on Tuesday said it was gravely concerned over the growing climate of fear, violence and censorship that currently underpins freedom of expression and opinion in the country. “The attack on reporter Asad Ali Toor by unidentified persons allegedly in connection with his work and […]
Zahiruddin The last three decades have seen massive plantation of robinia tree, which is found in North America, both in the lower and upper parts of Chitral, positively impacting the environment and providing the people a cheap source of fuel wood. Ajaz Ahmed, an environmentalist associated with the forest department, said the plant was introduced
CHITRAL: Trader Union president Shabbir Ahmad Khan has rejected the appointment of Habib Hussain Mughal as acting president and termed it a violation of the constitution of the union. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, Shabbir Ahmad along with executive committee members Abdil Jalil, Sheikh Salahuddin, Sher Hakim, Ijaz and others said that
China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children in
CHITRAL: Representatives of about 70 bazaars in Chitral town on Sunday named Habib Hussain Mughal as the interim president of the traders union. He would hold an election of the union and hand over the representation of the traders to the elected members in 90 days. In consultation with the bazaar committee, the caretaker president
