PESHAWAR: Assailing the government for promulgating the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Actions (in aid of civil power) Ordinance 2019 to the entire province, the opposition members of the provincial assembly on Tuesday said the promulgation of the law was tantamount to declaring a civil martial law. During a session of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Pakistan Peoples Party […]
BREP: Eight rooms and costly household items were gutted in a fire that erupted in a house in Rahimabd area of Brep early this morning. Syed Afzal Hussain, the owner, said he was woken up by a sudden splash of fire at about 2am. He said he was hardly able to evacuate his family members,
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CHITRAL: Speakers at a seminar praised the state of social and sectarian integration prevailing in Chitral where over three dozen languages are spoken. Held under the aegis of Idara-i-Taleem-o-Taraqi (IBT), a Swat-based organisation, scholars from Chitral, Swat and Gilgit-Baltistan read out papers on different aspects of the theme ‘Pluralism in Northern Pakistan’. The scholars included
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ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has solicited a clear decision at the government level following the Planning Commission’s strong opposition to Rs41bn Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC), which is part of the ambitious Peshawar-Dushanbe motorway project. The project’s estimated cost has been revised to about Rs37bn from Rs40bn. The project envisages construction of
CHITRAL: A former councilor has said the government should lift a ban imposed on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) so that they can help the flood affected people. Ahmed Khan from Koghuzi village told ChitralToday that in the past NGOs had helped people of Barghuzi when the village was hit by drought by providing them water and
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