CHITRAL, May 28: Minister for Population Welfare Saleem Khan here on Monday came hard on the the faulty survey conducted for the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) which deprived the poor and the destitute of their right to financial assistance and listed hundreds of undeserving families having right connections to be the beneficiaries. Speaking at a […]
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PESHAWAR, May 26: The residents of Ayun village in Chitral have expressed grave concern over the growing deforestation in the district and demanded of the provincial government to take immediate action against the timber mafia and save the remaining trees. Speaking at a news conference at Peshawar Press Club on Saturday, a member of Muttahida
Report Waqar Ahmad CHITRAL, May 25: The people of Chitral added a new chapter to the history of the valley when they attended a colourful ceremony held at the historical Chitral Fort in connection with the crowning of the new Mehtar Shahzada Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir on Thursday. The ceremony was attended by more than
CHITRAL, April 27: Naik Tariq Jalal of Chitral Scouts, a resident of Denin, reached home on Friday – more than eight months after being kidnapped and taken to Afghanistan by the Taliban. He was set free by the militants reportedly after receiving ransom. The family and people of Chitral took a sigh of relief on
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After Taliban threats, more army troops have arrived in Chitral to enhance security along the border with Afghanistan. infiltration and open threats of attacks from Afghanistan, two more units of the army have been moved to Chitral to strengthen security, sources in the military told chitraltoday.net. It may be noted that army has already been
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CHITRAL: Government has been warned against leasing out Chitral\’s minerals to outsiders. Addressing a press conference after a joint meeting of the LSOs and the stakeholders convened by Chitral Community Development Network, former district nazim Maghfirat Shah, Abdul Ghafar, Colonel (retired) Sardar Mohammad, Qadir Shah, Israruddin and others alleged that the government employed shady ways
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CHITRAL: Prolonged winter has delayed arrival of spring in Chitral. Hayat Baig, an agriculturist working with an NGO said the spring season in the valley is delay by forty days and this cast an adverse effect on the productivity of crops and fruits. He said that the almonds used to blossom in the month of
Study reveals trafficking of poor Chitrali girls A study recently conducted by Regional Women Empowerment Project of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) suggested that the 74 per cent of the marriage of Chitrali girls with down-district people especially in Punjab proved to be fake. It says that the trafficking of women is done for
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