Family sources told ChitralToday that FSc student Mir Hussain, son of Abdul Ghani, along with his uncle Ejaz Ahmed had gone to a hillock near the Harchin village for hunting when he slipped and fell down. In the meantime, his 12-bore loaded gun went off and the bullets hit Mir Hussain. Seeing his nephew falling […]
DROSH: Local people held a protest demanding payment of compensation to flood-affected people in accordance with the direction of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Speaking at the protest gathering here, the local protesters said the local government officials prepared faulty assessment reports and did not pay proper compensation to those whose houses had been fully damaged.
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Peshawar, Oct 16, 2016: On the intervention of MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin, the KP government has ordered floating of tender for a Booni-Torkhow road project in Chitral. The tenders were supposed to be floated last year but after the July 2015 floods the chief minister decided to choose the Frontier Works organization (FWO) of the army
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It may be noted that charas used to be a main cash crop of the valley till about three decades ago when the residents completely abandoned its cultivation on the promise of the government of the day that they would in return be provided facilities such as free electricity, education, scholarships to students, healthcare etc.
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However, there were no casualities. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. The damages caused by the flames were estimated to be in millions of rupees. Hundreds of people visited Mr Rehman to express sympathy with him over the incident. It has been learnt that the fire birgade vehicle was at Qaqlasht, where
Photo: Yaqoot Ali Shah[/caption] He was addressing a public gathering after the MPA had a stopover in the village while returning from a visit to the Yarkhun valley. The MPA said he had included the school upgradation project in the annual development plan (ADP) to facilitate the students of the area as well as the
Deputy Commissioner Chitral Osama Ahmad Waraich in a twitter message said a cleanliness campaign was carried out at the venue of the festival with the help of students. Pictures of the activity released by the DC showed students in uniform, including girls, making queues for picking the dirt from the vast ground and later boys
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their strike on the assurance of chief executive officer Nadeem Abbas. Talking to ChitralToday on phone, a representative of the protesters said they apprised the new CEO about their grievances at a separate meeting held at PTC Motel Booni where the local management was barred from taking part. He said the new CEO termed the
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Yidgha, Dameli and Gawarbati, spoken in different valleys of the district of Chitral, and Ushojo, spoken in Swat, have joined the ranks of languages being used for written communication. These new books contain bilingual word lists and alphabets, all the information necessary both to begin using a language for written communication and to document a
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