CHITRAL: Lawyers belonging to opposition patties on Wednesday termed the government\’s Rs3,000 for daily wage earners in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic a cruel joke and demanded a corona relief package for Chitral. They said each poor family should be paid Rs60,000 lump-sum amount at the rate of Rs20,000 per month. Speaking at a […]
GHIZER: Around 25 labourers from Broghil were allowed entry into Upper Chitral from Gilgit-Baltistan after they staged a sit-in at Shandur Pass on Tuesday. These labourers from Broghil working in GB were going home after the coronavirus lockdown when they were turned away from Shandur top by security officials last week. They returned to Phandar
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CHITRAL: Cramming people into rooms like cattle in the so-called quarantine centres can be a disaster in the making. Quarantine means keeping a suspected infected person in a single room and if it is not possible there should be at least six feet distance between two individuals. But in the so-called quarantine centres set up
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CHITRAL: Soon after the government announced financial assistance for daily wage workers hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the ruling party workers and activists have started preparation of lists in both lower and Upper Chitral. But it is unclear if the government is going to prepare new lists or criteria to provide the monetary relief
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BOONI: The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has assured the district administration of Upper Chitral of its cooperation in checking the spread of coronavirus. The assurance was extended to Deputy Commissioner Shah Saud by a group of representatives from the AKDN in his office on Sunday, according to a statement of the DC office seen
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