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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CHITRAL, Sept 28: Chitral has been selected as the model district for development by the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) for which one billion rupees have been allocated in the initial stage to be spent on different development sectors in the selected union councils. In a meeting between deputy commissioner Mohammad Shoaib Jadoon and the
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DROSH, Sept 16: It is disgusting that there has been an alarming increase in crimes in Chitral that were unheard of in the peaceful valley in the past. Acid attack on women, murder, kidnapping, abduction and impersonation cases in Chitral? It is also troubling that almost all the accused in these cases were those who
CHITRAL, Sept 3, 2013: A girl and a boy committed suicide in two localities of Garam Chashma valley. Both of them were said to be mentally disturbed. A spokesman for the Chitral police, inspector Buzurguddin, said Maqsud Bibi of Roi village jumped into the local river and ended her life. Her body was later retrieved
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CHITRAL, Aug 27: The communication and works department Chitral is yet to start work on the repair of the main road to the Kalash valleys of Bumburate and Rumbur which was damaged during the devastating rains and floods in Ramazan. The blockade of the road has compelled the residents of the valley to travel on
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: In a gruesome murder-suicide case of its kind in the history of Chitral, Farhana Mehmood, a psychologist at the Aga Khan Health Service Chitral, was killed by a mentally disturbed, frustrated patient on Monday, police said. In October last year, a youth also committed suicide in Brep village of Yarkhun valley after
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CHITRAL, Aug 19: A sum of Rs1,256 million will be required for the rehabilitation of physical infrastructure and compensation for losses to life and property destroyed during the recent flash floods in Chitral. Unveiling the first damage assessment report compiled by the district disaster management unit here on Monday, Deputy Commissioner Chitral Mohammad Shoaib Jadoon
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The powerhouse of Reshun with its rare loadshedding (except for few hours in winter) is a blessing indeed for the occupants of the area when only the other part (lower Chitral) witnesses the discomfort of its people resulting from the frequent outages. Though it too has not yet occasioned to any angry protest. But, unfortunately,
