ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have launched 56 projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship and most actively implemented project of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), state news agency, APP reported. Out of these projects, 26 projects worth approximately $17 billion have been completed so far and 30 projects worth $8.5 billion are under […]
GH Farooqui CHITRAL: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has resumed construction work on Kalash valleys road, after a delay of many many years. People of Kalash are famous all over the world as their area has become a famous tourist attraction because of its unique culture and traditions. Hence due to the poor condition of
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Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig There is a constant demand from the Islamic circles to make our finance system a purely Islamic one, based on the teachings of the Divine Faith. But this has not been possible even after 75 years of the creation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan though some measures have been taken
Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: The students federation from the erstwhile FATA held a protest outside Peshawar press club on Thursday against the abolition of six National Assembly seats in the area. They said it is very cruel to remove the seats of National Assembly of the tribal districts without conducting a fresh census. The list of
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Chitral: A one-day sensitisation training on “Afghan refugees and human rights in Pakistan” was organised by Society for Human Rights and Prisoner’s Aid (Sharp) for police officers wherein domestic and international laws as well as the Constitution of Pakistan were discussed and feedback was obtained from the participants. Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Anwarul Haq, District
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DROSH: Chitral Football League, which the organizers declared Pakistan\’s biggest, was inaugurated at Col. Murad Stadium in Drosh on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Anwarul Haq opened the national level event at a ceremony. The event has been organized by Ideal Club Drosh in collaboration with the district administration, Chitral Scouts, police and the Tehsil
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GH Farooqui CHITRAL: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Department organized a football coaching camp for children aged 12-14 years in the Chitral town. About 200 children, including girls, from both Lower and Upper Chitral participated in the coaching camp, the organizers told ChitralToday here. The coaching team comprised seven experts, including two foreigners and two women.
PESHAWAR: An assistant commissioner in Upper Chitral has been accused of misusing his powers by allegedly detaining a member of the Levies force, putting him in a horse stable for a night after he excused to take care of the official\’s personal horse. The family of the Levies man complained that the assistant commissioner later
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SWAT: An anti-terrorism court here sentenced an Afghan national to 14 years imprisonment for possessing a large quantity of explosives. Malakand Division’s Anti-Terrorism Court-II, Swat, Judge Farid Khan Alizai announced the verdict against Aftab, a resident of Nuristan province of Afghanistan, under section 7(ff) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. The convict, reportedly belonging to a
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban are stepping up coal exports to Pakistan and have raised duties on sales, officials said, as the group aims to generate more revenue from its mining sector in the absence of direct foreign funding. The move comes with global coal prices near record highs after top exporter Indonesia imposed a shock
