PESHAWAR, June 2 (APP): Chairperson Prime Minister’s Youth Programme Maryam Nawaz Monday said the government intends to provide laptops to 0.1 million students of the country in June. Addressing “Fee Reimbursement Scheme for Less Developed Areas” here at Governor House, she said education is top priority of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who has initiated “Fee […]
RESHUN, May 31: The Chitral Environment Protection Society (CHEPS) in collaboration with the Government High School Reshun, Islamia Model School and College Reshun, Samarqand School and College Reshun, Community Based School Reshun and Government Primary School Reshun arranged an awareness programme in at GHS Reshun. “The programme aimed at minimizing natural hazards where men act
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PESHAWAR, May 29: The district of Chitral was on Thursday included in the prime minister’s fee reimbursement scheme for the PhD and MPhil students. During the budget speech 2013-14, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced that under the prime minister’s fee reimbursement scheme, Rs1.2 billion had been set aside to reimburse the fees of 30,000 deserving
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LAHORE, May 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm and disgust over the murder of a young woman, who was beaten to death with bricks by her family, close to the Lahore High Court for marrying without their consent. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the commission said: `The HRCP is
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AYUN, May 26: The formal launching of Chitral Horticultural Society – Gulistan – will be held at the PTDC Chitral at 10am on Tuesday (May 27). Gulistan is the brainchild of Shahzada Maqsoodul Mulk of Ayun who has for long been working on the idea of laying the foundation of Chitral Horticultural Society. “I feel
By Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD, May 26: Meteorologists have been rushed to investigate two glacial lakes that burst out in Gilgit-Baltistan recently, causing flash floods and disrupting traffic on Karakoram Highway (KKH). Deputy Commissioner Hunza Usman Ali said a lake formed atop the roughly 20 kilometre-long Hussaini glacier in Gojal Valley burst its banks at three
Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, May 18: Dr Munaza Hassan, MNA and the president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s women wing, is all set to visit Chitral on May 22 on the directives of party chairman Imran Khan. Well-placed sources who declined to be named told ChitralToday that the party’s Chitral chapter stood divided into two groups with each claiming
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PESHAWAR, May 17: A delegation of the Chitral Students Association, headed by its newly-elected President Naushad Jan, met Senator Robina Khalid and discussed with her various challenges faced by the Chitrali students enrolled in various institutions of Peshawar. In the meeting, the delegation presented the senator with written proposals to resolve their issues. The proposals
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Spring is a beautiful season. It is a season of flowers and greenery. Flowers of different colours blossom in spring. Swarms of bees rush at them. They hum around the blooming petals and surround the opening buds. They loot the essence of flowers and make honey out of it. Butterflies fly to the flowers and
KABUL, May 12 (AFP): Residents of an Afghan village blockaded by Taliban fighters have resorted to eating grass due to food shortages, according to a report released on Monday revealing the country’s worsening insurgency. The International Crisis Group (ICG) said that the withdrawal of US-led troops had coincided with renewed ethnic and tribal feuds, government
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