MANSEHRA, Sept 5: Speakers at a conference here on Wednesday stressed the need for restoring the past glory of Silk Route to bring educational revolution in the country. There were about 1,700 universities between Taxila and northern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on that route in the ancient times, they said. The three-day international conference titled Rediscovering […]
KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend the scope of their transit trade agreement to include Tajikistan as part of the overall effort to promote regional economic cooperation. A joint statement, issued simultaneously from Kabul and Islamabad at the culmination of talks between Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and President Hamid Karzai, said the
GILGIT: Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Pir Karam Ali Shah has been admitted to the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, said a press release issued from the governor secretariat here. “He is in a good state of health and hospitalized for proper check-up and complete examination,” the press release said. It added that the governor went
LAHORE, July 12: One of the nine police and prison staff shot dead in Ichra area of Lahore on Thursday morning belonged to Chitral. Police said the dawn attack, in which 10 gunmen stormed a residential property housing officers from the northwest who were in the city for training, bore the hallmarks of a similar
GILGIT, July 11: For the first time, the Imamat Day of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan was officially celebrated in Gilgit-Baltistan on July 11. In this regard, the provincial government had already declared public holiday on July 11 to facilitate the community in observing the day in a befitting manner. The main feature of
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GILGIT/CHITRAL, July 10: The Ismaili community in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral are observing the 55th Imamat Day on Wednesday. Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, ascended the Imamat on July 11, 1957, upon the death of his grandfather and the 48th Imam Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. As usual,
CHITRAL, June 26: MNA Shahzada Mohiuddin has lauded the DPO Abdur Rashid for busting the inter-provincial gang of swindlers when one of them posed himself as Aimal Wali Khan, the son of ANP chief Asfandiar Wali Khan. Addressing a press conference here, he came hard on those who were blaming the district police officer for
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CHITRAL, June 18: A man from Khyber Agency disguised as son of Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan was arrested along with his eight colleagues – five from Khyber Agency and three from Chitral – by the Chitral police. The group reached Chitral on a visit and informed the district police officer (DPO)
TIMERGARA, June 6: The residents of Upper Dir staged protest against the kidnapping of a girl student on Wednesday. Led by Abdul Waris and Abdullah, the residents took out protest procession from Dir bazaar and reached the office of the district coordination office after marching through various bazaars. They chanted slogans against the local administration.
Report Waqar Ahmad CHITRAL, May 25: The people of Chitral added a new chapter to the history of the valley when they attended a colourful ceremony held at the historical Chitral Fort in connection with the crowning of the new Mehtar Shahzada Fatehul Mulk Ali Nasir on Thursday. The ceremony was attended by more than
