ISLAMABAD: The European Commission has adopted a legislative proposal for 10 years (2024-34) to offer new European Union Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) to remove or reduce duties on import of products to promote sustainable development in low-income countries. Pakistan is the largest beneficiary of the current GSP plus scheme since 2014 — zero per […]
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Chitral held a protest rally at Ataliq Chowk led by its district chief Akhunzada Rahmatullah against rising inflation, unemployment in the country and wrong policies of the forest department Chitral. Addressing the gathering, the speakers said the life of the poor had become miserable due to rising prices and
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BOONI: A young man was taken out safely from a crevasse in a mountain after he fell into it while grazing his goats in Laspur valley. Rescue 1122 Upper Chitral said after being informed about the incident, its staff traveled in its vehicle for three hours from Booni to Laspur and then on foot to
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CHITRAL: For the first time in the history of Chitral, a policewoman has been posted as the station house officer (SHO) of Shoghore village. After assuming her duties as SHO, Dilshad Pari inspected the situation of pending police cases, lock-ups and security check points of her police station. Dilshad was previously in-charge of the women\’s
KARACHI: There would be around five million Chinese nationals working in Pakistan by 2025 whose health needs can only be met by enhancing collaboration between Pakistani and Chinese medical universities, research institutes and biotechnological firms under the China Pakistan Health Corridor (CPHC), a senior Pakistani public health expert said. “In order to meet the health
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Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: While billions of rupees have been spent on the tsunami afforestation programme, the government’s own policy of cutting trees for commercial use is helping the timber mafia in denuding Chitral of its green forest cover, according to official documents. Under the policy, the trees that are damaged due to strong winds
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Firefighters battling to protect the world’s biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said they are optimistic it can be saved. Flames are creeping closer to the majestic General Sherman and other giant sequoias, as man-made climate change worsens California’s fearsome fire season. “We have hundreds of firefighters there giving it their all,
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Farman Ajab (retired principal, education officer) According to our holy Prophet (peace be upon him), “Seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim.” This Hadith does not limit gender, age, time, race, language and color but emphasizes everyone to receive knowledge. It is rightly said that only education is a powerful instrument in the world
Female footballers from Afghanistan along with their families crossed the Torkham border to reach Pakistan on Tuesday night after the government issued emergency humanitarian visas to evacuate them from their country following the Taliban takeover. The footballers belonging to the national junior girls team were facing threats from the Taliban due to their involvement in
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Sher Afgan AWI (Upper Chitral): A youth from Awi, who was serving in Chitral Scouts, has been missing from the headquarters of the force in the Chitral town for three days. Local people told ChitralToday that Sharif Ullah, son of Faiz Ullah Khan, was in the nursing service of Chitral Scouts. On Sept 9, Sharif
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