Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: In a bizarre incident of its kind in Chitral’s Madaklasht valley, dozens of people were taken hostage and kidnapped by groups of local people and settlers over a dispute pertaining to a land dispute and utilization of a stream for irrigation purposes. Talking to ChitralToday, Sher Ajab Khan, a retired scholar of […]
A decade of war in Syria has left nearly half a million people dead, a war monitor said on Tuesday, in a new toll that includes 100,000 recently confirmed deaths. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the conflict has claimed 494,438 lives since it erupted in 2011 with the brutal repression of anti-government protests. The previous
AWI (UPPER CHITRAL): The residents of Awi have demanded that Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) should pay them wages for the labour they rendered in the establishment of a government-funded powerhouse at Mem Gol that failed to achieve the target of electricity generation. At a meeting chaired by former district health officer (DHO) Dr
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(Picture released by DC office). BANG (YARKHUN): Soon after the fatal accident in Unauch village of Yarkhun which left nine people, including two women, dead on the night of may 30, the district administration of Upper Chitral issued an order banning night-time public transport to all remote areas. The deputy commissioner office blamed drivers of
China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children in
More than 1,000 people rallied on Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians, calling for an end to US aid to Israel. The demonstration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial came as a ceasefire, which ended 11 days of violence in the Gaza Strip, has so far held. “We are hoping to send a clear message to
YARKHUN: Eight people lost their life after a taxi land cruiser fell off a poorly-maintained bridge into the river near Unauch, a remote village of Yarkhun valley, early on Sunday, local people told ChitralToday. The accident victims included a man and his wife and a former district council member, Israr Ahmed. The incident occurred between
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Bangladeshi passports will no longer bear the text “valid for all countries of the world except Israel,” officials confirmed on Sunday. The Bangladeshi passport earlier had a note written on it that said it was acceptable for travel to all countries of the world except Israel, dawn.com reported. A number of countries, including Pakistan, have
Twenty-one people running a mountain ultra-marathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale force winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported on Sunday. After an all-night rescue operation in freezing temperatures involving more than 700 personnel, rescuers were able to confirm that 151 people were safe, out of a total
Forty-two people have died in the latest Israeli air strikes on Gaza, as the conflict with Palestinian militants entered its seventh day. Gaza health officials said 16 women and 10 children were among the dead. Israel\’s military said it had been targeting leaders and infrastructure linked to Hamas, the militant group that runs Gaza. Hamas
