CHITRAL: A private practicing doctor in Chitral has raised questions over the composition of the committee constituted by the director general of the health services KP to trace factors behind the growing number of suicide cases in the valley. He was of the view that ideally the commission should consist of experts from different disciplines […]
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CHITRAL: Members of the District Council at the conclusion of the three-day budget session on Saturday criticized the food department for supplying stale and worms infected wheat to its warehouses in Chitral. They said that such substandard wheat had been dumped by the department in warehouses and sale points in all the union councils of
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CHITRAL: This bridge constructed in Nogram to connect Warijun and Muxgol villages in Mulkhow valley of upper Chitral collapsed on Aug 26, cutting off the villagers from rest of the area. Schoolchildren have not been able to attend classes since then. But so far no government department has taken notice of the issue. –GH Farooqui
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PESHAWAR: The KP health department has decided to carry out a probe into reasons and circumstances that have led to the rising number of suicide incidents among young people in Chitral. The health department took the decision after 45 cases of suicide were reported in Chitral this year alone, with the latest one being a
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BOONI: After holding protest gatherings in Parwak and Torkhow, the people of upper Chitral plan a long march and hunger strike against non-provision of electricity to their areas from the newly opened Golen Gol powerhouse. Even after all the three phases of the 108 megawatt powerhouse started generation, the provincial government\’s power utility company, PEDO,
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