BOONI: Retired ambassador Muhammad Aslam Khan was laid to rest at his ancestral village of Shogram in Upper Chitral on Sunday. He passed away after a protracted illness at the age of 69 on March 14 at a hospital in Kuwait where he had settled after retirement as Pakistan\’s ambassador to that country in 2015. […]
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari\’s daughter Asifa Bhutto will be contesting by-election for a National Assembly seat in Nawabshah, Sindh. The seat NA-207 has been vacated by Mr Zardari after he became the president of Pakistan. The by-election on the seat will be held on April 21. Soon after taking oath as the president, Mr
KARACHI: The Wildlife Department of Sindh on Sunday launched a first ever sparrow census in Karachi. According to reports, the result of the sparrow counting will be released on March 20, which is observed as International Day of Sparrows. Sparrow loving citizens along with the wildlife department are taking part in the counting and will
CHITRAL: The federal government paid compensation amounting to 16.1 million rupees to 28 families affected by recent heavy snowfall in different parts of Lower Chitral. The compensation cheques were distributed among the affected people by PML-N district leadership at the office of the deputy commissioner on Saturday. Those whose houses were totally damaged in the
BOONI: About 370 metric tonnes of wheat has been supplied to the sale points in different areas of Upper Chitral, said the district administration on Friday. A week earlier, Commissioner Malakand Division Saqib Raza Aslam during a visit had directed the food department to ensure speedy supply of wheat to remote areas of Upper Chitral.
