(Press Release) CHITRAL: The Defence Day of Pakistan, September 6, 2022, was observed at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School (AKHSS), Chitral. The event had a three pronged objectives, firstly to pay tribute to the military and civil martyrs of the war of 1965 and to infuse the value of patriotism in students. Secondly, the the […]
GENEVA: The United Nations (UN) has warned the humanitarian situation in flood-ravaged Pakistan was expected to get worse, a day after establishing an air bridge to deliver aid to victims. More than 33 million people in Pakistan have been affected by the flooding, brought on by record monsoon rains amplified by climate change. The floods
ISLAMABAD: The prevalence of visual impairment amongst people aged 50 and above in Pakistan has reduced remarkably as fresh data show this ratio has come down to only two per cent against seven per cent recorded in 2004, according to the third national survey of blindness conducted by the Federal Ministry of Health. “About 44,800
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PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has approved the provision of cash compensation for rehabilitation of houses that were destroyed in the recent floods. Chairing the first meeting of a committee to oversee the management and utilization of Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund here on Tuesday, Mahmood Khan directed the concerned authorities for opening
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BOONI: A young man, in his early twenties, committed suicide by jumping into Chitral river from Booni bridge earlier today. According to information received by the control room of Rescue 1122, he was identified as Syed Hussain Shah belonging to Mastuj, Upper Chitral. Rescue 1122 teams have started searching for the dead body at different
