CHITRAL: Renowned economist Prof. Toufiq Jan has lamented the apathy of successive governments towards the worst condition of roads in the two districts of Chitral. In a press statement, Prof. Jan said Chitral was the first princely state to join Pakistan in 1947. Our national and provincial leadership failed to address basic needs of people
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Zar Alam Khan A remote valley of Chitral with a population of about 15,000 people is devoid of a girls school, thanks to the apathy of the education department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Yarkhun is the northernmost valley of Upper Chitral bordering the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. A government middle school for girls is located in
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PESHAWAR: While vaccination ratio in the province of KP remains low with 20 districts even far below the 50pc mark, Chitral has attained the highest percentage of 73.40pc. Only 12 districts have achieved their target of above 50 per cent vaccination while some have not even reached the 30 per cent threshold despite hectic efforts
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CHITRAL: The appointment of outsiders as drivers, Class-IV and computer operators in Upper Chitral bypassing the local educated youth is the travesty of justice and murder of merit, and would not be tolerated at any cost. This was stated by Syed Mukhtar Ali Shah Advocate, who is the coordinator for International Human Rights Observer, in
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Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig A brisk movement has been launched in the past few days for publicizing a festival called ‘Zani Pass Festival’ which is reported to have a number of events. Zani Pass is a name given by western trekkers and members of foreign expeditions who crossed the Terich Aan ridge over this pass
