By Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR: The launch of the Phase-II of the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (Glof) project in five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been delayed by several months with officials of the province blaming it on red tape in the federal climate change ministry. The project funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) […]
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: The administration of the new Upper Chitral district seemed to be a silent spectator to the presence of armed guards from University of Chitral (UoC) who have taken 16 staff, including three females, at the subdivisional education officer (SDEO) female’s office in Booni almost hostage for about two weeks. But following
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DIZG (UPPER CHITRAL): The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has made the residents of Dizg more vulnerable to flash floods by not only leaving a protection wall along Dizg Gol incomplete but also raising a 13-foot-high embankment on the other side of the stream to protect another village. Protection wall on Khruzg side. Local
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NEW YORK: MPA Wazirzada Kalash has called for allocating special seats for indigenous communities in the law and policy-making institutions such as parliaments “without considering their number,” ARY News reported. Speaking at the 18th session of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), he Mr said that he strongly believed that adoption and preservation
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CHITRAL: The district council witnessed a heated debate on the land settlement process on the second day of its session here on Friday. Speakers at the session, chaired by convener Maulana Abdul Shakoor, expressed fears that they were being divested of the pastures, meadows and riverbeds attached to the villages as a result of settlement
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