ISLAMABAD, Nov 1: The federal government has approved the widening of the road inside the Lowari Tunnel by 7.3 metres. The work on tunnel expansion was initiated from October 9 this year, officials of the National Highway Authority (NHA) told Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil on Wednesday. The briefing, which was […]
ZAIT (CHITRAL), Oct 25: Child labour has so far been portrayed as an issue of the urban areas. There has not been any mention of the menace in our society though children have always been exploited, abused and put to domestic work not compatible with their tender hands and shoulders. Child labour often harms the
CHITRAL, Oct 25: Panic gripped people here when some car riders tried to kidnap two small children in Ayun on Wednesday. Reports said that Madiha Jabeen, a student of class 4, and her brother Yawar Ahmed, a student of nursery, were picked by unknown people riding a car in Ayun. The two children of Sharif
CHITRAL, Oct 22: The People’s Students Federation (PSF)’s women wing Chitral has postponed its planned sit-in outside the President House in Islamabad till five days after the upcoming Eidul Azha. According to a statement issued by Bibi Jan, the president of the PSF women wing Chitral, here on Monday, the decision was taken on the
CHITRAL, Oct 21: The Patient Welfare Society (PWS) Booni arranged a musical concert and culture show to collect funds for the needy and deserving patients. Speaking to the participants, President PWS Shah Nazir and General Secretary Mir Sawat said they had been working for the welfare of the poor and needy patients for many years.
DROSH (CHITRAL), Oct 18: A Mushaira was held at the Government Middle School, Drosh, with the aim of creating awareness and protecting Chitral’s unique culture, including diversity of its languages, and also promote peace not only in the valley but also outside of it. The programme was organized under the auspices of a local civil
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PESHAWAR, Oct 15: A representative of the female students in Chitral here on Monday warned that they would hold a sit-in in front of the President House in Islamabad if the government failed to provide facilities to them in their home valley on a priority basis. Speaking at a perss conference at Peshawar Press Club,
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CHITRAL, Oct 7: Primary schoolteachers here thanked the provincial government for fulfilling their long-awaited demand of upgradation from basic pay scale five to 15. At an annual convention held under the All-Primary Teachers Association, the speakers said this was the only government that fulfilled their promise of recognizing the status of the primary schoolteachers. Provincial
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CHITRAL, Oct 2: Students in all government college in the valley are facing immense problems due to lack of transport facilities and the hard hit are girls who have to walk for long distances to and from schools come rain or shine. The problem has been raised at many forums and even the chief minister
ZAIT, (CHITRAL), Sept 20: A few years back, Chief Minister Khyber Pokhtunkhawa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti visited Booni in upper Chitral and announced a number of buses for the Government College for Women and also for some private educational institutions. However, despite the passage of years, only one bus could be arranged for the women
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