ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday sprung into action to protect the peaceful Ismaili Muslims of Chitral and the Kalash tribe against threat issued to them by the outlawed Taliban. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Tasaduq Hussain Jilani took suo motu notice of a video released by Taliban in which they threatened […]
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CHITRAL, Feb 15: To protect Chitral-Mastuj road as well as Denin Lasht and cultivable land near the district jail Chitral, the construction of a bund and spurs was launched here on Saturday. The Chitral Integrated Area Development Programme (CIADP) has allocated/ 7.1 million rupees for the project which is being executed through the technical support
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (AFP): The Pakistani Taliban have announced an “armed struggle” against the indigenous tribe of Kalash and the Ismaili Muslims in the picturesque Chitral Valley, calling on Sunnis to support their cause in a video. The valley was once dominated by moderate Ismailis and is also home to the Kalash, a polytheistic people
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CHITRAL, Jan 28: It is another daylight robbery on the precious wildlife of Chitral. Poachers again hunt down and then hide the carcass of a Kashmir Markhor in the heavily guarded Chitral National Park sparking a number of questions about the conservation of the endangered species. Chitral police sources told this correspondent that on the
BREP, Jan 21: Though people of Upper Chitral have for long started a movement against rampant corruption in government departments, the food department of Chitral has broken all record of irregularities and robbery on the citizens’ rights in the valley of Yarkhun. If even half of the allegations levelled against the food department Chitral by
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