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Tombstones of Kalasha community being stolen, HR body orders probe

December 4, 2018

ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has taken notice of a complaint that stone tablets and tombstones with inscriptions about customs, laws and traditions of the Kalasha people are being broken and used by local people and others for building houses. After getting a complaint filed by a public representative who requested anonymity […]

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Federal govt\’s hospital project shelved for want of land

November 30, 2018

CHITRAL: A 250-bed hospital announced by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Chitral in Sept 2016 has been shelved as the provincial government failed to provide the required 75 acres of land on the ground of its unavailability. Knowledgeable sources in the health department said the provincial government had demanded a hefty

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Volunteers again start repairing road from Broghil

November 25, 2018

YARKHUN: Before the visit of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan to Chitral to give Didar to his followers in Dec 2017, the local volunteers belonging to both the Ismaili and Sunni communities repaired the dilapidated roads from far-off villages to the Didargahs in Garam Chashma and Booni. This not only facilitated thousands of people

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Upper Chitral notified as new district

November 20, 2018

PESHAWAR: The revenue department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday issued the notification of the new district of Upper Chitral with Booni as its headquarters. The provincial cabinet in its meeting on November 8 had approved bifurcation of the province’s largest district into Chitral and Upper Chitral. A notification issued by the Board of the Revenue

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Nigahbans demand payment of 14 months\’ stuck-up salaries

November 19, 2018

BOONI: Hundreds of people hired in phases by the forest and wildlife departments as Nigahbans of saplings planted under the previous KP government’s Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Project (BTTAP) are still waiting for the payment of their 14 months\’ salaries. In June this year, these Nigahbans observed a hunger strike in Booni demanding payment of their

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