PESHAWAR: International Snow Leopard Day was observed in Chitral to highlight the significance of the iconic wildcat in the local environment. A function was held at a school in Koghuzi village of Lower Chitral and participated by civil society activists and conservationists. The function was organised by Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF), according to a statement […]
BOONI: Three days after the corpse of a married woman was recovered from the river, the dead body of a teenage boy was found at the riverside near Zait on Monday. Rescue 1122 identified the deceased boy as Owais Sharif, a resident of Booni. It said Owais had gone missing a day earlier. The body
CHITRAL: Prominent poet of Khowar language Amir Khan Mir passed away after a brief illness here on Monday. He was 86. His funeral was held at his home village of Chumakhon upper on Tuesday and attended by a large number of people from different walks of life. Mir was the former nazim of Chitral tehsil
PESHAWAR: Land acquisition for the construction of the 30-km-long Dir Motorway has been initiated and a committee constituted to overcome any impediments and ensure timely completion of the process. Additionally, the initial survey for the entire length of the proposed motorway has also been completed. This was revealed in a meeting held here with Chief
A.M. Khan This was not only about the medium of communication but more about the identity it holds in Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan and a pocket in Swat valley where the first language of the people is Khowar. Like it, other linguistic communities also want their languages to be recognized in a way as major languages in
