CHITRAL, May 10: Chitral has only one seat (NA-32) in the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency covers the whole of Chitral. The district of Chitral spreads over 14,850 square kilometers and according to the 1998 census it had a population of 318,689 – 162,082 males and 142,582 females. Currently, the population of Chitral is […]
Zar Alam Khan CHITRAL, April 6: There are two provincial assembly seats in Chitral district. They are PK-89 and PK-90. The provincial assembly seat of PK-89 consists of lower Chitral, including the Chitral town and the valleys of Garam Chashma and Kalash. In 2008, the constituency had 114,904 voters. For the 2013 elections, the election
LAHORE, May 8: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan who was injured in a stage fall on Tuesday evening told newsmen today that although he was feeling better, he would not be able to cast his vote in his hometown of Mianwali as he had previously planned. had sustained head and back injuries after he
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CHITRAL, May 8: As the May 11 elections are approaching, there is uncertainty among the voters in all the three seats of Chitral. Some people also say that there may be upsets especially in the two provincial assembly seats of PK-89 and PK-90. Elections 2013 are also significant in the sense that Shahzada Mohiuddin, who
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CHITRAL, May 7: Senior PPP workers at a meeting in Susum, Karimabad, on Tuesday rejected the party’s nominated candidate for the provincial assembly seat of PK-89, lower Chitral. Adressing a public meeting, the PPP activists, most of who left the party as a protest against what they say wrong allocation of tickets in Chitral, they
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RAWALPINDI, May 4: As Taliban bombs curtail campaign rallies, Pakistan’s political parties are ploughing millions of dollars into TV and print adverts to sway voters ahead of next week’s historic polls. Competition is fierce but it’s a cash market and those with the biggest bucks get the most air time ahead of the historic May
CHITRAL, May 3: With the ouster of former president Pervez Musharraf from the electoral race, a close contest is expected between the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) candidate Shahzada Iftikharuddin and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI)’s Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali for the only seat of National Assembly (NA-32) in Chitral. Although Chitral has been the stronghold of Pakistan
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CHITRAL, April 22: The enrollment rate in government schools in Chitral will be increased to 100 per cent soon. This was stated by Siraj Mohammad Khan, the district education officer (males), Chitral, here on Monday. He said though Chitral had a high literacy ratio in the province, still there was a need to improve the
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KALASH, April 22: To increase enrollment ratio in the government primary schools of Kalash valleys, a rally was organized by the education department and Alif Ailaan (Transforming Education Pakistan). Students from government high school Mumuret (Bumborate) and primary schools participated in the rally. They were carrying banners and placards inscribed with the messages asking parents
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BOONI, April 21: Thousands of people gathered at Qaqlasht in upper Chitral and enjoyed for three days different games and sports and Chitrali music during the annual festival which concluded on Sunday. This year, the Qaqlasht Festival was sponsored by AKRSP, SRSP, EELY: a project of AKRSP, BLSO, and Shandur travel and tourism. Chairman CHEPS
