KALASH: Speakers at a parents and results day function in a local private school highlighted the issues of education in the Kalash valleys. They appreciated the efforts of the local school for providing quality education to the children of the area. A press release issued on Sunday said the programme was aimed at encouraging students […]
CHITRAL, March 31: 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
PESHAWAR, March 26: The Awami National Party (ANP) has decided not to contest for the lone National Assembly seat of Chitral (NA-32). However, it has fielded candidates for the two provincial assembly seats in the district. According to a press release issued by the ANP office in Peshawar, Zafar Ahmed has been given the ANP
CHITRAL, March 26: Some senior office-bearers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chitral on Tuesday resigned from the party as a protest against what they said wrong decision by the central leadership about allotting tickets to candidates for the forthcoming elections in Chitral. Addressing a press conference at the resident of Sardar Mohammad Khan, a retired
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KARACHI, March 24: Former military ruler and current chief of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf landed in Karachi on Sunday. He had earlier departed from Dubai airport where he accompanied by his wife Mrs Sehba Musharraf, who had arrived at the airport to see off the former president. Talking to
CHITRAL, March 23: Pakistan Day was celebrated in Chitral on Saturday. Though there was a public holiday, people attended different functions to highlight the importance of the day. In this connection, a flag-hoisting ceremony was held at the deputy commissioner office Chitral. A function was also held at Commerce College under the chair of Deputy
ZAIT (Upper Chitral), March 22: A beautiful white horse was electrocuted near Booni police station on way to the polo ground of Gahli on Nauroz day. Reports said there was a match between the players of Booni on the Nauroz day. The horse was owned by a son of Haideri Lal of Booni. One of
PESHAWAR, March 12: District administration and police officials from Chitral on Tuesday appeared before Peshawar High Court in the suo motu hearing of the poaching of a markhor and said they were unable to arrest the poachers. On Feb 27, a two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Mrs Irshad Qaiser had
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GHIZER, March 9: The Pakistan people’s Party’s local chapter has come out in the open against Governor Pir Karam Ali Shah and asked him to step down from the post, local media reported. In a statement issued to the press, PPP youth wing GB senior vice-president Sadat Ali, PSF Karachi University unit president Comrade Maqsad
CHITRAL, March 6: It seems Chitralis are taken for granted everywhere and by every Tom, Dick and Harry. And equally to blame for this humiliating and discriminatory treatment are not only the leadership of Chitral but also the people themselves. If we are denied our basic rights and humiliated we never consider it a big
