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Cricket tournament inaugurated in Drosh

DROSH, Feb 26: Deputy Commissioner Chitral M. Shoaib Jadoon along with Assistant Commissioner Basharat Hussain visited the THQ hospital and the Shishi hydropower station on Wednesday. The deputy commissioner was briefed about the working of the hospital. He promised that an eye specialist and a child specialist would be performing duties in the hospital two […]

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Another markhor falls to greed

CHITRAL, Feb 20: A British national hunted an eight-year-old Kashmir markhor in the Toshi Shasha game reserve on Thursday for which he had obtained a hunting permit from the wildlife department paying 100,000 US dollars.  The range officer of wildlife division Chitral, Irshad Ahmed said the British national Mclean Alexander had arrived here the other

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Supreme Court takes suo motu notice of Taliban threat to Ismailis

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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Work on protecting Chitral-Mastuj road against river erosion begins

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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