CHITRAL: A manw as saved from being beaten to death on the charge of blasphemy in the Shahi Masjid of Chitral during Friday prayers. The man, who is yet to be identified, is alleged to have pushed the imam of the mosque to allow him to speak after Friday prayers, a local present at the […]
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The Qaqlasht festival attracts a great number of local, national and international tourists every year. The main purpose of the four-day festival is to revive the cultural heritage of Chitral. The cleanliness campaign was arranged by CHEPS on the first day of the festival in which a large number of schoolchildren, environment activists and people
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The festival features games and sports with special emphasis on the promotion of Chitral’s traditional and popular folk games such as tug of war, wrestling, and shooting etc. The festival was inaugurated by district nazim Maghfirat Shah. The nazim said the festival would be included in the district government’s calendar of events so that it
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MPA Saleem Khan[/caption] In a statement issued here on Wednesday, MPA Khan said for the past many weeks the district nazim had been busy cutting ribbons and opening plaques of different schemes for which the MPAs had got the funds sanctioned from the provincial government. \”In today\’s age of information revolution, the people of Chitral
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Speaking at a news conference along with Mr Abdullah, the festival\’s executive committee member, Maulana Yousuf claimed that the people of Chitral had already welcomed the decision of banning women from the festival in order \’to maintain Chitral\’s Islamic environment, traditions and culture\’. He said letters had been sent to all women educational institutions, mosques
