Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, June 25: The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) lone-member National Assembly from Chitral Shahzada Iftikharuddin remained silent when all political parties under pressure from an overactive judiciary vowed to try Musharraf for treason on Monday. The prince, son of a former political heavyweight from Chitral, who tactfully used the name of Gen […]
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CHITRAL, June 8: Former member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Chitral and Jamaat-i- Islami leader Maulana Abdul Akbar here on Saturday demanded an investigation into alleged embezzlement of developmental funds from 2008 to 2012 in Chitral. Addressing a press conference, he called upon chief minister KPK Parvez Khattak and senior minister Sirajul Haq for
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CHITRAL: Shahzada Iftikharuddin of APM-L won NA-32 Chitral with 29723 votes against PTI\’s Abdul Lateef who bagged 24121 votes followed by Abdul Akbar (JI) 20555 votes. PK-89: PPP\’s Salim Khan (winner) 11310 votes, Khalid Pervez (APML) 10234, Abdur Rehman (JUI), 9948, Sultan Mohammad (PTI) 7866, Abdul Wali (QWP) 7232, Sher Aziz (JI) 6923, Amanur Rehman
CHITRAL, May 7: Senior PPP workers at a meeting in Susum, Karimabad, on Tuesday rejected the party’s nominated candidate for the provincial assembly seat of PK-89, lower Chitral. Adressing a public meeting, the PPP activists, most of who left the party as a protest against what they say wrong allocation of tickets in Chitral, they
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CHITRAL, May 3: With the ouster of former president Pervez Musharraf from the electoral race, a close contest is expected between the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) candidate Shahzada Iftikharuddin and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI)’s Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali for the only seat of National Assembly (NA-32) in Chitral. Although Chitral has been the stronghold of Pakistan
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CHITRAL, April 25: The residents of Yarkhun valley have demanded of the corps commander of Peshawar and the chief minister to take stern notice of the large scale bungling in the funds of Darband to Boroghil Pass road. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, former tehsil nazim Shahzada Sikandarul Mulk, Umar Rafi, Mukhtar Ali Khan,
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BOONI, April 21: Thousands of people gathered at Qaqlasht in upper Chitral and enjoyed for three days different games and sports and Chitrali music during the annual festival which concluded on Sunday. This year, the Qaqlasht Festival was sponsored by AKRSP, SRSP, EELY: a project of AKRSP, BLSO, and Shandur travel and tourism. Chairman CHEPS
PESHAWAR, April 10: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday disposed of the suo motu case regarding killing of a markhor in Chitral Gol national park on February 17 with a direction to the provincial finance department to allocate regular budget to the wildlife department within two months for increasing its staff, including watchmen, and other
LONDON, April 9: A British Pakistani politician was instrumental in paving the way for former President General (R) Pervez Musharraf to stand in the upcoming Pakistani elections from the northern district of Chitral. Chaudhry Sarfraz Anjum Kahlon, who is the former lord mayor of Cambridge and a loyal friend of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML)
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CHITRAL, April 6: Habitual of buying cheap new vehicles and drive them without paying any tax, public transporters here have opposed the government’s recent move to legalize the non-customs paid vehicles on the payment of a certain amount. The representatives of Terichmir Driver Union while opposing the customs duty told a press conference that Chitral
