BOONI: A woman was sentenced to life in prison along with his paramour for killing her husband in Brep village of Upper Chitral in the year 2017. Aslam Baig, 24, son of Purdum Khan of Brep, was found dead on the night of April 14, 2017, at his house. Later, it transpired that the wife […]
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LONDON (AP): The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to find out where the coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the mystery is “closing fast.” Meanwhile, a U.S. intelligence review ordered up by President Joe Biden proved inconclusive about
CHITRAL: The building of Mastuj police station in Upper Chitral district has been awaiting reconstruction for a long time. It was abandoned after being damaged by the 2005 earthquake and the police station was shifted to the offices of the resident magistrate as a makeshift arrangement. The residents said that the mud building of the
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By David Zucchino On Saturday morning, a former interpreter for an American company in Kabul plunged into a mass of humanity outside a gate at the Kabul airport with her family in tow. Even as she was jostled and elbowed by people in the throng, she pushed ahead, desperate to secure a flight out of the
CHITRAL: A resident of Sheikhupura in Punjab province has seized the attention of the local people as he has brought with him four milch camels and their calves to the district. The residents of the district swarm him wherever he goes to sell the fresh milk of camel. The presence of camels in the city
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YARKHUN: While past and present governments never tired of claiming to have worked for the promotion of women education, there is not a single school for girls in the public sector in upper part of Yarkhun valley in the 21st century. Officials in the education department of Upper Chitral confirmed to ChitralToday that dozens of
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CHITRAL: The residents of Ayun and Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Rumbur and Birir took out a protest rally against the inordinate delay in starting of work on expansion of a key road. The rally later converted into a public meeting. Addressing the protesters in Ayun, the local leaders gave the government a month to start
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Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and the US have formed a new diplomatic platform to support peace and stability in Afghanistan and foster regional trade and business ties, according to a Foreign Office (FO) statement. \”Representatives of the United States, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed in principle to establish a new quadrilateral diplomatic platform focused on enhancing
US and Nato troops are finally withdrawing from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. The Taliban, who they came to defeat, are rapidly retaking territory across the country, BBC reports. How has the war changed Afghanistan, and what comes next? Are the Taliban back? The Taliban – a fundamentalist Islamist militia – were forced from
More than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the border into Tajikistan on Sunday following Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan, the Tajik border guard service said, dawn.com reports. The crossings underscore a rapidly deteriorating situation in the country as foreign troops near a complete withdrawal after 20 years of war in Afghanistan. Hundreds of Afghan security force
