They have long survived hand to mouth, but since the Taliban conquered the Bamiyan valley, rural Afghans living in its mountainside caves have been left weak from hunger and fear. Known as one of the most beautiful regions in Afghanistan, the rugged, central valley is home to several hundred families living in caves that were […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa forestry department informed the provincial assembly that forests spread over an area of 815 acres were gutted in different fire incidents in 2019-20. However, none of the many fires that erupted in Lowerr Chitral was mentioned in the report. In a written reply submitted to the hose about a question of
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has taken a significant step towards eradicating Patwari culture by converting the land records of about 1,346 Mauzas into the digital system and another 905 Mauzas would be computerized till the end of the current year. Around 65% of land records would be computerized till the end of December
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While Prime Minister Imran Khan kept on claiming to make a new Pakistan free of corruption, his inner circle secretly moved millions of dollars offshore. Several PTI cabinet members are among 700 Pakistanis named in the Pandora Papers, an investigation uncovering financial secrets held by high-profile individuals across the world. The expose\’s findings were released
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
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Monday painted a grim picture of the rising rate of unemployment across the country, underlining that 24 per cent of educated people were jobless at the moment. The PIDE, in its briefing to the Senate Standing Committee on Planning and Development meeting chaired by Saleem Mandviwala, said
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