ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Local newspapers have published reports in which it has been said that there are threats of Kohistan and Naran type terrorist attacks on the Ghizer-Chitral road. Informed sources have told the media that the federal government has cautioned the Gilgit- Baltistan administration to stay alert as the terrorists might attack vehicles on […]
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GHIZER, Sept 8: The road between Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral is almost closed for heavy traffic due to its dilapidated condition, creating immense problems for commuters especially traders and transporters. It may be noted here that two bridges on the highway had been washed away during the floods of 2010 but these bridges have not yet
MANSEHRA, Sept 5: Speakers at a conference here on Wednesday stressed the need for restoring the past glory of Silk Route to bring educational revolution in the country. There were about 1,700 universities between Taxila and northern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on that route in the ancient times, they said. The three-day international conference titled Rediscovering
CHITRAL, Sept 5: All 66 students of government polytechnic college of Chitral have failed their first year examinations of diploma of associate engineering (DAE) in civil technology. The polytechnic college was inaugurated in its new building last year by Provincial Minister for Technical Education Mahmud Zeb, but later the building was handed over to Abdul
CHITRAL, July 22: MNA Shahzada Mohiuddin has thanked Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani for his initiative to start work on the Mastuj-Boroghil road which was the longstanding demand of the people in the border area along the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. Addressing a press conference here, he said he had sent written
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KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend the scope of their transit trade agreement to include Tajikistan as part of the overall effort to promote regional economic cooperation. A joint statement, issued simultaneously from Kabul and Islamabad at the culmination of talks between Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and President Hamid Karzai, said the
CHITRAL, July 18: Taliban from Afghanistan side attacked a security forces checkpost at Langorbut near in Arandu on Tuesday. But the security forces retaliated and killed six of them, said the ISPR. However, there was no casualty from the security forces side. A spokesman for the ISPR at Swat told this scribe that some terrorists
GILGIT: Governor Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Pir Karam Ali Shah has been admitted to the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, said a press release issued from the governor secretariat here. “He is in a good state of health and hospitalized for proper check-up and complete examination,” the press release said. It added that the governor went
LAHORE, July 12: One of the nine police and prison staff shot dead in Ichra area of Lahore on Thursday morning belonged to Chitral. Police said the dawn attack, in which 10 gunmen stormed a residential property housing officers from the northwest who were in the city for training, bore the hallmarks of a similar
GILGIT, July 11: For the first time, the Imamat Day of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan was officially celebrated in Gilgit-Baltistan on July 11. In this regard, the provincial government had already declared public holiday on July 11 to facilitate the community in observing the day in a befitting manner. The main feature of
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