The government’s announcement last month of a visa-on-arrival policy for 50 countries and giving e-visas to citizens of 175 countries has given hope of revival to the tourism industry. This is the first time in decades that a formal policy is being introduced for allowing citizens of such a large number of countries to get visa on […]
CHITRAL: Over 16,000 power consumers in upper Chitral have been facing frequent outages due to the old and faulty transmission lines and transformers though electricity is available at the Golen Gol hydropower station. People in Mastuj subdivision, now elevated to district, are without electricity since August 2015 when the 4.2MW hydropower station of Pakhtunkhwa Energy
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CHITRAL: Like in a number of major cities, a Panah Gah (shelter house) has been established by the district administration at the DHQ Hospital Chitral. The facility will be functional from Feb 10, according to Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Ahmed Mahsud. It will be used for accommodating male attendants of female patients from far-flung areas who
CHITRAL: Peshawar High Court (PHC) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to submit a report about taxes being levied on passengers on the Chitral-Peshawar and Chitral-Islamabad routes. A bench of the PHC, comprising Justice Ikram Ullah and Justice Musarrat Hilali issued the direction while hearing a petition filed against the PIA chairman regarding
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ISLAMABAD: The speakers at Muzakra session highlighted various aspects of Khow culture of Chitral here Thursday at National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa. The session ‘Succinct Review of Khow Culture’ presented a broader cultural picture of Chitral with a special focus on Khow culture. Culture experts spoke on various features of Khow
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