BOONI: The District Council Chitral on Tuesday passed a Rs4.69 billion revised budget for the fiscal year 2019-20, a major chunk of which – Rs3.95 billion – would be spent to met salary and non-salary expenses. The budget session of the house was held at Booni, the headquarters of the newly-created Upper Chitral district, with […]
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A Pakistani mountaineering official said on Tuesday that an army helicopter has rescued four Italian and two Pakistani climbers stranded after being hit by a snow avalanche in the Ishkoman Valley. A seven-member Pakistan-Italian friendship expedition comprising four Italian climbers led by Tarcisio Bellò, Nadeema and Shakeela, students of Karakoram International University, and a guide namely
CHITRAL: The district cup polo tournament got underway here with teams coming from all parts of Chitral from Drosh to Mastuj. For the first time, a team, Shandur Polo Cup, consisting of young players is also taking part in the tournament. The event will conclude on June 25. Some of the players said keeping horses
BOONI: Former governor Gilgit-Baltistan Pir Syed Karam Ali Shah on Monday made it clear that the land in Junalikoch has been his family property for generations but due to his long absence from Chitral because of his political and other engagements in GB some people in Chitral were trying to create suspicions about his ownership
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CHITRAL: Five people charged with violence after an alleged blasphemy incident inside Shahi Masjid Chitral in April 2017 have finally been acquitted in the case by a local court. These people had been released on bail in 2018 five months after their arrest following the incident on April 21, 2017. Khateeb of Shahi Masjid, Maulana
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