CHITRAL, Jan 6: A jeep-able wooden bridge being constructed over the Chitral river to connect the Orghoch village with the Chitral-Peshawar road has started crumbling even before its completion due to the use of substandard material. Work on the Rs17 million project was started over two years ago through the MNA fund by the District […]
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BOONI, Jan 6: Former provincial minister and MPA from lower Chitral Salim Khan on Tuesday said the corruption allegations levlled against him by former MPA from upper Chitral Haji Ghulam Muhammad were baseless and he would soon be issuing him a legal notice. Talking to ChitralToday, the MPA said he would very soon not only issue
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 6: After a long struggle of 19 months involving four investigations by the communication and works (C&W) department, the anti-corruption department, the KP investigation team (PIT) and NAB, the revised cost estimates of both the Booni-Shandur and Booni-Buzund (Torkhow) road projects amounting to Rs.3.42 billion were on Tuesday approved at a meeting of Central
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چترال(گل حماد فاروقی) ڈسٹرکٹ ہیڈ کوارٹرز ہسپتال ، چلڈرن اینڈ ویمن ہسپتال جنگ بازار چترال میں نرسوں اور درجہ چہارم (کلاس فور سٹاف) عملہ نے ہڑتال کیا۔ جس کی وجہ سے مریضوں کو شدید مشکلات کا سامان کرنا پڑا۔ ا س سلسلے میں جب میڈیکل سپرنٹنڈنٹ ڈاکٹر نور الاسلام سے جب ان کی وجہ پوچھی
CHITRAL, Jan 2: The MPA from upper Chitral, Syed Sardar Hussain Shah, has demanded of the government to stop the appointment of non-local persons against the vacant non-technical posts in Golen Gol hydropower project in Chitral which is a sheer infringement of the rights of the local people. Talking to ChitralToday here on Friday, the MPA
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S. N. Peerzada BOONI, Jan 1: The good news on the first day of the New Year is that little Sher Baz Khan has returned home happily thanks to all Chitralis living around the world and the administration of Mastuj at Booni who took pity on the little boy and helped him after a news
S. N. Peerzada BOONI, Dec 30: Sher Baz Khan, nine years old and a student of class 5, left his house in a hamlet called Bojum near Brok village of the Laspur valley to work as a labourer in Booni during the three-month-long winter vacation. Talking to ChitralToday here, Sher Baz, son of Daulat Khan, said his
BOONI, Dec 25: For unknown reasons, people of Booni showed a lack of interest in attending an open forum (katchery) held by MNA Shahzada Iftikhar Uddin here on Thursday. Before the start of the gathering at the PTDC, the MNA along with former MPA Ghulam Muhammad was seen asking people in the Booni bazaar to
CHITRAL, Dec 13: Activists from civil society organizations here on Friday blamed gender-based violence for the rising incidences of suicide among women in Chitral. They aired their concerns over the trend at a roundtable “Siasi Bethak” organized by the Awaaz Forum of South Asian partnership (SAP) here. The speakers said that women in Chitral were
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CHITRAL, Dec 9: On the direction of Inspector General of Prisons KP, a cleanliness drive was held at the district jail Chitral. Additional Assistant Commissioner Mazhar Ali Shah was chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Riaz Ahmad, the superintendent of the district Jail, said the objective of the campaign was to sensitize
