CHITRAL: Canadian High Commissioner for Pakistan Wendy Gilmour inaugurated a new school building at the Aga Khan School, Shuist, a remote village 10 to 12-hour drive from Chitral town. Ms. Gilmour was accompanied by CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan, Mr. Akhtar Iqbal, and the regional leadership of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme […]
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CHITRAL: The head of the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan retired Brig Khush Muhammad Khan has said the organization has the commitment to ensure long-term financial and professional support to the community-based schools in Broghil valley. In reference to a report published in ChitralToday on May 7, he said currently three of
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CHITRAL: All the eight community-based schools (CBS) in the village council of Broghil in Upper Chitral remained closed since March this year after their teachers launched a protest following non-payment of their salaries. \”We had seven community-based primary schools and one high school that were first established in 2000 with the support of the Aga
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CHITRAL: Four tourists were injured after their car skidded off a culvert at Ashiret on Chitral-Peshawar road on Friday and fell into a nullah, an official of Rescue 1122 told ChitralToday. The emergency service said the tourists belonged to Charsadda and were coming to Chitral. It said five people were travelling in the car and
[Picture by Lower Chitral police]. CHITRAL: Hundreds of people, mostly tourists, faced immense trouble due to poor condition of roads worsened by rain during the Eidul Fitr holidays. Tourists in a large number from different parts of the country entered Chitral during the holidays. Most of them headed to the Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir
