CHITRAL, March 10: Though last year the government claimed to have spent millions of rupees on the reconstruction of the Mastuj-Broghil road, the residents of the Yarkhun valley from day one have alleged irregularities and corruption in the project. It may be noted that Corps Commander Peshawar Khalid Rabbani inaugurated the repaired road at Mastuj […]
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DROSH, March 8: Technical experts of Golen Gol Hydel Project visited the Shishi Powerhouse at Drosh to check the ongoing repair and maintenance work. The experts included Golen Gol Project Director Khan Muhammad, Project Manager Mr. Lee and Project Consultant Mr. Recordo Croshete. Additional Assistant Commissioner Drosh Basharat Ahmed was also present during the visit.
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OTTAWA, Feb 28: His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan pointed out the rise in religious hostility and intolerance in many countries – both between major religious groups and within them. In an address to a joint session of the Canadian parliament at the invitation of Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the 49th hereditary Imam of
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: MNA Iftikhar Uddin here on Friday said he had got the Chitral Border Police issue resolved and from now onward they would be dealt at par with other paramilitary forces in the province. The breakthrough in resolving the issue was made at a meeting held with Minister Saffron Lt-Gen (retired) Abdul Qadir
DROSH, Feb 26: Deputy Commissioner Chitral M. Shoaib Jadoon along with Assistant Commissioner Basharat Hussain visited the THQ hospital and the Shishi hydropower station on Wednesday. The deputy commissioner was briefed about the working of the hospital. He promised that an eye specialist and a child specialist would be performing duties in the hospital two
CHITRAL, Feb 21: To allay the sense of insecurity among the Kalash tribe in the wake of the Taliban threats, the Chitral Scouts and the district administration arranged a meeting of the local people in Bumburate valley on Friday. The gathering was presided over by Col Naeem Iqbal, the commandant of Chitral Scouts. Among others,
CHITRAL, Feb 20: A British national hunted an eight-year-old Kashmir markhor in the Toshi Shasha game reserve on Thursday for which he had obtained a hunting permit from the wildlife department paying 100,000 US dollars. The range officer of wildlife division Chitral, Irshad Ahmed said the British national Mclean Alexander had arrived here the other
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday sprung into action to protect the peaceful Ismaili Muslims of Chitral and the Kalash tribe against threat issued to them by the outlawed Taliban. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tasaduq Hussain Jilani took suo motu notice of a video released by Taliban in which they threatened
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CHITRAL, Feb 15: To protect Chitral-Mastuj road as well as Denin Lasht and cultivable land near the district jail Chitral, the construction of a bund and spurs was launched here on Saturday. The Chitral Integrated Area Development Programme (CIADP) has allocated/ 7.1 million rupees for the project which is being executed through the technical support
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (AFP): The Pakistani Taliban have announced an “armed struggle” against the indigenous tribe of Kalash and the Ismaili Muslims in the picturesque Chitral Valley, calling on Sunnis to support their cause in a video. The valley was once dominated by moderate Ismailis and is also home to the Kalash, a polytheistic people
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