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CM orders issuance of notification for Upper Chitral district

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan at a cabinet meeting on Thursday directed the immediate issuance of a notification regarding the creation of the Upper Chitral district. Presiding over the meeting, the chief minister said it was a promise of the previous PTI government which should be fulfilled as expeditiously as possible. The former […]

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Parents being charged for children\’s vaccination in three remote UCs

CHITRAL: The health department has allowed Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) to charge Rs30 per child for vaccination in three remote union councils of Chitral. The matter came under discussion at a meeting of the district polio eradication committee chaired by Additional Deputy Commissioner Minhasuddin. The participants of the meeting expressed their astonishment over charging

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Two-year-long electro-mechanical work at Lowari Tunnel yet to start: NHA

ISLAMABAD: The electro-mechanical (E&M) work at the Lowari Tunnel is under procurement stage and it is expected that it would be completed two years after its commencement. An official of the National Highway Authority (NHA) told APP here on Tuesday that the civil work at the tunnel, comprising two tunnels of 8.5 km and 1.9

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Shopkeepers, vendors warned against engaging children as workers

CHITRAL: On the special direction of Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Alam Mahsud, the Child Protection Unit (CPU) conducted an operation against child labour in the Chitral bazaar. Instructions and notices were served on vegetable and fruit vendors, hotel owners and shopkeepers against engaging child as labour in their business. The shopkeepers and vendors were told that

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