By Zahiruddin CHITRAL: Zerbali, hitherto a famous flowering plant grown in Chitral and second only to Ishperu Gulab, a local variety of rose, is almost extinct as people avoid growing it due to the wide space it covers. Zerbali is the name of the plant as well as its deep yellow flowers. The plant is
CHITRAL: Hours after a group of PTI youth activists alleged embezzlement in the purchase of environment-friendly shopping bags and dustbins for village councils by a government official, All Village Council Nazmeen Forum held a press conference and rejected the allegations. They termed the allegations against local government department assistant director Fahim Jalal a pack of
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CHITRAL: Young activists of the ruling PTI Chitral on Wednesday accused a local government department official of embezzling over Rs.16 million on the pretext of supplying dustbins and shopping bags to village councils. Addressing a press conference, the youth under the banner of their \”Corruption Free Chitral Movement\” said last year Fahim Jalal, an assistant
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In good old days, a large number of foreign tourists could be seen visiting far-off villages of Chitral every summer. But with the passage of time as Pakistan witnessed terror activities following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and arrival of refugees in Pakistan in early 1980s, the country started losing its status of being an
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ISLAMABAD: To protect schoolchildren from natural disasters and other insecurities, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) arranged events involving government education departments, academia, district disaster management authorities and the media in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, says a press release. Hafiz Noorullah, an education development officer from Chitral, told a radio talk show: “There is a
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