With more than a one-third of Pakistan affected by flooding, millions of people are in need of food, shelter and medical care. Researchers, along with the government, international aid agencies and local organizations are racing to provide assistance to the affected people . Nature spoke with Sajid Soofi and Zahid Memon, who study women’s and […]
CHITRAL: Minister of International Development for Canada, Harjit Sajjan, visited areas devastated by floods in different parts of Pakistan, including Chitral, says a press release. Today, he visited Chitral accompanied by High Commissioner of Canada to Pakistan Wendy Christine Gilmour and Iqra Khalid, Member of Parliament in Canada, President Ismaili Council for Pakistan, Mr. Hafiz
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PESHAWAR: The Textbook Board of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar has made a correction in a textbook by mentioning Shandur as part of Chitral. In the Pakistan Studies book of the intermediate second- year class, Shandur had erraneously been shown as part of Gilgit-Baltistan. Shahid Ali Yaftali Advocate from Laspur Upper Chitral, which is located near the
ISLAMABAD: The cost of the Lowari tunnel project escalated by around 475 per cent to Rs46 billion during the last 18 years, mainly due to delay in execution and scarcity of funds, it has been learnt reliably. The original PC-I of the Lowari Tunnel and Access Roads shows that the cost of the project was
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The only figure that the regime deems worthy of open adulation is President Emomali Rahmon. Authorities in Tajikistan have within the space of a week forced the closure of two important religious institutions in the capital: a tariqa, or school, used by adherents of the Ismaili Shia faith and a bookshop trading in Islamic literature.
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