ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday said the government was keen to exploit the economic potential of Gilgit-Baltistan particularly its energy and natural resources for the prosperity of people. Talking to Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said […]
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CHITRAL, Dec 10: A Russian national hunts ibex and a Kashmir markhor in Golen valley and Gahirat conservancy under the trophy hunting scheme. Divisional forest officer of wildlife division Imtiaz Hussain said Vladislau Reznik hunted down the 38-inch-long markhor in the Gahirat conservancy for which he had paid 92,000 dollars. He said the Russian also hunted
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Zahiruddin CHITRAL, Dec 9, 2013: Fish farmers have complained of the successive governments’ failure to promote trout production in Chitral. According to them, British officers had stashed sperms of trout and troutlings into the transparent and cool waters of Garam Chashma, Kalash and Golen valleys in 1930s but no effort was made since then to
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CHITRAL, Dec 2: The district administration of Chitral has announced that the National Highway Authority (NHA) will open the under-construction Lowari Tunnel for two days after every two weeks when the Lowari top road closes in the winter. According to an announcement issued from the office of Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Shoaib Jadoon, the passengers should
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CHITRAL, Nov 22: Divisional forest officer wildlife division Chitral Imtiaz Hussain has said two permits of trophy hunting of Kashmir markhor in the Toshi Shaha conservancy were being auctioned at $100,000 each. Addressing a function held in his office here on Friday in connection with oath-taking ceremony of the executive members of village conservation committee
RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: The bus service from Rawalpindi to Gilgit-Balitistan has been suspended due to security reasons. As a result, hundreds of commuters belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan are facing difficulties in leaving the city. Sources said that bus service to GB had been suspended under security concerns for an indefinite time, while buses coming from GB
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MASTUJ (CHITRAL), Nov 9: Commander 11 Corps Peshawar Lieutenant General Khalid Rabbani inaugurated the Boroghil Road here on Sunday. The corps commander was received at Mastuj by General Officer Commanding (GOC) Major General Syed Bukhari. Elites of the area gathered in a local hotel and the Qazi of Mastuj welcomed him and demanded extending developmental
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CHITRAL, Oct 28: The people of Seen Lusht have alleged that the divisional forest officer of the wildlife department in Chitral used shady ways and procedure in the election of office-bearers for the village conservation committee (VCC) to accommodate his blue-eyed boys. Talking to this correspondent here on Monday, conservation worker Mohammad Hakim Khan said
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 19: Though the election tribunal is to take up the PK-90 election dispute on October 22 in Peshawar, there seems no end to the saga. This long-drawn battle between the sitting MPA Ghulam Muhammad and his runner-up Sardar Hussain of the PPP has badly affected the chances of development in the backwards constituency.
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By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: With the two rival candidates engrossed in praying for their luck, the two-men commission formed by the election tribunal of Peshawar High Court here on Monday started the recounting of rejected votes in PK-90 upper Chitral. The recounting took place at the office of the district returning officer (district
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