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Training of Kalash students on different skills underway

August 26, 2023

CHITRAL: A six-day training of Kalash minority students in Chitral has got underway in Chitral town. The Department of Minority Affairs, government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has arranged the training program. The participants included 80 Kalash minority students. The training will cover communication and leadership skills, entrepreneurship, CV making training, interviews, career counseling and preparation for […]

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Woman, son drown after slipping into Chitral river

August 26, 2023

CHITRAL: A woman and her son fell into the Chitral river and were swept away on Friday evening. The woman and her son belonged to the Kuju upper village. They were in their cropland along the river in the village when they slipped into the water. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said its staff launched a

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PTV to also start programs in Khowar language

August 25, 2023

PESHAWAR: General Manager (GM) Pakistan Television Aurangzeb Afridi on Friday said apart from news in PTV National Peshawar, the television will also start telecasting programs in the Khowar language soon. He said besides Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan, there were also people who speak and understand Khowar in Central Asia, adding telecasting programs in the language will

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Drosh protesters block road demanding arrest of killers

August 25, 2023

Gul Hamaad Farooqui DROSH: A large number of people blocked the main Chitral-Peshawar road for several houses in Drosh town on the second consecutive day on Friday against police failure to arrest the killers of two men. The two men from Shahnigar area of Drosh were found shot dead in the Kaldam Gol area where

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Discrepancies in Chitral-Booni-Shandur road project

August 24, 2023

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concerns regarding the ongoing widening and carpeting project of the Chitral-Booni-Shandur Road. While the initiative holds great promise for connecting communities and boosting local economies, recent developments have raised serious questions about the integrity of the project\’s execution. It is disheartening to witness the rampant corruption

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