KARACHI, April 29: The Chitral Student Welfare Association (CSWA), Karachi chapter, has strongly condemned the release of an accused in the murder case of a Chitrali student in Peshawar and called upon the government to order reinvestigation of the case. In a statement, president of the CSWA Karachi, Fardad Ali Shah Noor Alim said: “On […]
CHITRAL, April 27: Naik Tariq Jalal of Chitral Scouts, a resident of Denin, reached home on Friday – more than eight months after being kidnapped and taken to Afghanistan by the Taliban. He was set free by the militants reportedly after receiving ransom. The family and people of Chitral took a sigh of relief on
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Report Waqar Ahmad CHITRAL, April 24: Musa Rahim Khan, a resident of Washich in the Torkow valley and a student of Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral, was awarded a cash prize of Rs25,000 at the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) head office in Islamabad. Dr. Manzoor H. Soomro, the chairman of PSF, was the chief
KARACHI, April 22: The Chitral Student Welfare Association (CSWA), Karachi chapter, held a special session at the University of Karachi to administer oath to its new cabinet. The members of the association on the occasion vowed to play their role for the betterment of Chitrali students. The cabinet took oath from foremr president CSWA, Ali
BOONI: Over 70 teams participating in Qaqlasht Festival this year, organizers told ChitralToday. The second day football matches of Kushum versus Booni was won by the former; Booni versus Booni Green and Degree College Booni V/S Mulkhow Green; Mulkhow later teams won the match, Mastuj V/S Terich; former Team got victorious and Reshun V/S Charun;
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ZAIT (Upper Chitral), April 21: The inhabitants of Upper Chitral have said their agricultural lands and houses are at the risk of being swept away by the Yarkhun river but the government is doing nothing to help them. They expressed their anger over the situation in a meeting at Reshun. They said two residents of
BOONI: Chitral Environment and Heritage Protection Society chief Rehmat Ali Jaffar said students can be an agent of change after their teachers. He said Chitral and its environment was very much conducive in terms of its balanced forests. The data dating back to 1930, he added, showed that Chitral had a 35% forest cover which
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Study reveals trafficking of poor Chitrali girls A study recently conducted by Regional Women Empowerment Project of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) suggested that the 74 per cent of the marriage of Chitrali girls with down-district people especially in Punjab proved to be fake. It says that the trafficking of women is done for
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the asset details of lawmakers submitted to it under the law showing MPAs Saleem Khan and Ghulam Mohammad of Chitral as the richest among other lot in the hilly districts. According to the record, the total value of assets showed by MPA Saleem Khan, provincial minister
CHITRAL: Jashn-i-Nauruz’ was celebrated at Pamir Riverside Inn with Mehtar of Chitral Fatehul Mulk Nasir as the chief guest. The event was marked by participation of people belonging to various walks of life. The celebration was aimed at wiping out the misconception that Nauruz belonged to a particular area or community of people. Rahmat Ali
