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New district of Upper Chitral gets Rs1.43bn annual budget

CHITRAL: The District Council on Friday passed for the first time separate budgets for the fiscal year 2019-20 for Lower and Upper Chitral after bifurcation of the old district. According to the budget documents, Lower Chitral has been allocated Rs3.27 billion and Upper Chitral Rs1.43 billion. These allocations included salary and non-salary expenditure, district council […]

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Chitrali boy\’s death: licences of four doctors suspended for negligence

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has suspended the licences of four doctors, including a consultant and three junior doctors of the Lady Reading Hospital, over negligence in the treatment of a boy, who died of appendicitis three years ago. The doctors have been directed to attend the PMDC’s remedial classes. The doctors of

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Villagers without water as Rs10m project failed to materialize

RESHUN: Despite launching a project worth about Rs10 million by the government after the 2015 floods, residents of Greenlasht village are still forced to drink water from a nullah. The provincial government failed to properly complete the work and take action against the responsible for its failure, including the contractor, despite repeated demands by the

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