BOONI: Traders of Booni bazaar on Saturday protested against the district administration and police for what they called harassment of shopkeepers under the garb of COVID-19 precautions and forcing them to undergo test and remain on quarantine. The traders gathered at Booni Chowk where their representatives said the administration and police were unnecessarily forcing the […]
Booni traders protest against district administration Read More »
PESHAWAR: Child protection units numbering 12 in the KP province would be made functional, the provincial government told the provincial assembly. The units, including one in Chitral, were closed in Jan 2019 due to financial constraints and unavailability of staff. Responding to an identical point of order moved by women lawmakers from the opposition benches,
Child protection units to become functional, says govt Read More »
Zofeen T. Ibrahim On July 2, the government announced an ambitious ‘Protected Area Initiative’, notifying 15 national parks which will not only have proper management plans but also provide 5,000 jobs to the local community. This initiative to tackle post-Covid-19 unemployment fits perfectly well with the ruling PTI’s vision of protecting nature and fighting climate
PESHAWAR: The The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday decided to launch a cable car service between Kumrat valley in the district of Upper Dir and Madak Lasht in lower Chitral to promote tourism. The proposed 14-km-long cable car will be the longest and highest in the world, and on completion it will expectedly attract 8.00
World’s longest, highest cable car to run between Kumrat and Madak Lasht valleys Read More »
PESHAWAR: Selected government of the PTI will find no place to hide if it goes ahead with its anti-Chitral move of dropping the Chakdara-Chitral expressway project and launching work on Phase II of Swat motorway. This was stated by PPP leader and former provincial minister Salim Khan at a press conference here. He said first
Selected govt will find no place to hide: Salim Khan Read More »
