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Local people take part in dredging of Singoor irrigation canal

July 15, 2020

CHITRAL: People living in Balach, Singoor, Shah Mirandeh and Senjal villages cleared the four kilometres long Singoor irrigation canal of blockages by manually scooping out mud, weeds and rubbish etc. Millions of rupees had been released for the construction of the irrigation canal during the tenure of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal government in Khyber Pakhtunkha but […]

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Assistant commissioner to be posted in Garam Chashma

July 15, 2020

CHITRAL: In order to facilitate the people of Lotkoh, the district administration of Lower Chitral will post an assistant commissioner (AC) to Garam Chashma along with the needed staff. This was stated by chief minister\’s special assistant Wazirzada MPA after attended a meeting at the deputy commissioner office on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by

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Woman from Chitral’s Kalash tribe blazes a trail

July 15, 2020

Ehtesham Khan PESHAWAR: For the past 10 years, one of the biggest accomplishments of 33-year-old police officer Jamina in the restive Kalash valley is that she has not had to draw on her government-issued firearm even once. In fact, Jamina said she has relied on her education to deal with thorny issues such as domestic

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Man from Lotkoh acquitted in narcotics case

July 15, 2020

MINGORA: Peshawar High Court Swat bench (Darul Qaza) acquitted a resident of Garam Chashma in a drug case, his relatives told ChitralToday. Khosh Diyar, son of Dinar Khan, of Gobor village, was sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined Rs200,000 by a court in Chitral in July 2019. Currently, he is jailed in Mardan.

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Political activist arrested with 15 kg opium

July 14, 2020

CHITRAL: Police in Chitral on Tuesday arrested a former councillor from Parabeg in Garam Chashma after recovering over 15 kg opium from his house. In a statement the Chitral police said on the direction of newly-appointed District Police Officer (DPO) Lower Chitral Abdul Hayee, the police intensified its drive against drug peddling. It said the

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