PESHAWAR, April 10: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday disposed of the suo motu case regarding killing of a markhor in Chitral Gol national park on February 17 with a direction to the provincial finance department to allocate regular budget to the wildlife department within two months for increasing its staff, including watchmen, and other […]
MARDAN, April 10: Gunmen opened fire on a polio team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Mardan district, killing one policeman and injuring another on Wednesday. The police had resumed guarding the teams after an incident in February in which a policeman was shot dead while protecting a polio vaccination team on the outskirts of Mardan. As
LONDON, April 9: A British Pakistani politician was instrumental in paving the way for former President General (R) Pervez Musharraf to stand in the upcoming Pakistani elections from the northern district of Chitral. Chaudhry Sarfraz Anjum Kahlon, who is the former lord mayor of Cambridge and a loyal friend of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML)
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SLAMABAD, April 7: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the behaviour of Returning Officers (ROs) and the Election Commission (ECP) in the the scrutiny of election candidates was inappropriate, DawnNews reported. He said that despite Ros and ECP’s behaviour he has chosen to stay quiet, so that the caretaker government can facilitate the elections
CHITRAL, April 6: Habitual of buying cheap new vehicles and drive them without paying any tax, public transporters here have opposed the government’s recent move to legalize the non-customs paid vehicles on the payment of a certain amount. The representatives of Terichmir Driver Union while opposing the customs duty told a press conference that Chitral
Dawn.com LAHORE, April 5: A leading Pakistani human rights watchdog has expressed alarm over recent “undesirable developments” in Pakistan, including what it describes as a “charade” in the name of scrutiny of nomination papers. “Those ‘managing’ the election affairs have embroiled the people in issues that are as irrelevant as they are unnecessary,” the Human
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
CHITRAL, April 5: Chitral is the largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and greatly impacts the environment in the country due to its geographical location. The Chitral river, known in rest of the country as the Kabul river, originates from the north of Chitral and contributes to meeting water requirements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as
CHITRAL, April 2: It seems Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) has started breaking its promises of allotting tickets on merit and reserving seats for the youth. In the case of Chitral, the PTI has even set new record. At the time of nomination, it has been a practice with all political parties that at least
Like the last election of 2008, the same traditional ways and means of sect, clan, caste and regional affinity and interests will be used as possible tools to get maximum votes. Election of 2008 was an easier one for Shahzada Mohiuddin, a veteran and octogenarian politician, who tactfully garnered support of the general public including
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