CHITRAL: As many as seven people, mostly students, committed suicide over different issues in Chitral within just one week with the latest incident being reported from the Broz village near Chitral town on Saturday. The Chitral police said Muhammad Ashraf Khan, 45, son of Muhammad Zuhoor Khan, father of three children, shot himself dead with […]
By Mohammad Ilyas Khwaja (Goldur, Chitral) Rape and murder cases have been on the rise in Pakistani society. In the last government of Nawaz Sharif, it was proudly proclaimed that honour killings had been forbidden and anyone found involved in such a killing would be dealt with as a general killer. Pakistan has a fanatic
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By Aasim Sajjad So much has been written and said about the rise of the ‘middle class’ and it being the motor force of the PTI that after the July 25 poll outcome, it is necessary to pen some thoughts on both the politics of tabdeeli and its purported middle-class base. Let’s begin by setting
CHITRAL: A student in Shoghor blew up half of his face in the chin after failing in a paper. According to the local police, the student miraculously survived and was rushed to the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi for treatment. There have been three more cases of suicides (not students) in different parts of Chitral
CHITRAL: A horde of mysterious predators attacked the animals grazing in the highland pasture of Khot valley in upper Chitral. Eight animals, including cows, oxen and calves, were killed in the attack. The onslaught of the predators took place in the darkness of night and the villagers tending the animals in the pasture found them
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