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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CHITRAL, Jan 28: It is another daylight robbery on the precious wildlife of Chitral. Poachers again hunt down and then hide the carcass of a Kashmir Markhor in the heavily guarded Chitral National Park sparking a number of questions about the conservation of the endangered species. Chitral police sources told this correspondent that on the
BREP, Jan 21: Though people of Upper Chitral have for long started a movement against rampant corruption in government departments, the food department of Chitral has broken all record of irregularities and robbery on the citizens’ rights in the valley of Yarkhun. If even half of the allegations levelled against the food department Chitral by
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PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The KPK assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution for the daily eight-hour opening of the under-construction Lowari tunnel to facilitate the people of the landlocked valley in the winter season. The resolution was moved by MPA Saleem Khan from lower Chitral (PK-90) and seconded by members from different political parties, including
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has flatly refused to allow the Chitral-bound trucks stranded at Dir side to cross the Lowari tunnel, terming the demand a conspiracy of the timber, mineral, grain and oil mafias. “There is absolutely no problem for the poor people of Chitral and the problem is of the
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ISLAMABAD: MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin here lambasted the government for its callous attitude towards resolution of communication issues being faced by the people of Chitral. The MBA of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) was speaking at a crowded press conference along with notables of Chitral at National Press Club Islamabad on Thursday. MNA Iftikhar accused the
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CHITRAL, Jan 6: Two hunters from Peshawar hunted one Himalayan ibex each at Agram Gol conservancy of Arkari valley as a part of trophy hunting on Monday. Irshad Ahmed, an official of the wildlife department, said Fahad Wazir hunted a 45-inch ibex while Mohammad Usman hunted a 40-inch ibex. Both the animals were aged between
