Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Directorate of Youth Affairs and Grow Up, an NGO, organized a poster competition on Peace and Women which encouraged women to take action and challenge the status quo. The event was a call to action to challenge gender stereotypes, bias, and discrimination and create a more […]
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: The only basic health unit (BHU) of Kalash valley located at Bumburate was handed over a well equipped ambulance with modern facilities by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The BHU Bumburate was gifted an ambulance by a minority member of National Assembly two decades ago, but due to lack of maintenance
CHITRAL: Hornady Stephen Douglas, an American, hunted a Kashmir markhor at the Gahiret Community Managed Game Reserve in Lower Chitral. The size of the left horn of the markhor was 37.5 inches while the right horn measured 38 inches. The age of the markhor was eight years, said the wildlife division. The community participation in
ISLAMABAD: A non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kalash valley has won a grant of Rs13.4 million from the Japanese government for its development schemes. The government of Japan has decided to provide a grant assistance equivalent to about Rs76.4 million to five NGO development projects in Pakistan. One of the five NGOs is Rumbur Development
PESHAWAR: To continue their commitment to work for environmental health and the provision of clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) renewed the respective MoU to further strengthen their collaboration. The IRC has a longstanding partnership since 2018 with PHED and both entities have
