DIR: At least 250 people, including women and children, have been stranded in their vehicles in Dir since midnight on Monday due to intense snowfall in the region. The passengers were traveling from Rawalpindi to Chitral, according to an Express Tribune report. The district administration started the rescue operation at noon to clear off the roads.
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PESHAWAR: Smaller languages spoken in northern areas of Pakistan such as Khoway should be promoted and preserved by government, speakers at a consultative session said. The event was arranged by the Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI), a non-profit organisation working on the documentation and promotion of smaller languages of northern Pakistan. A number of speakers
Peshawar High Court on Friday suspended a notification issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold the second phase of the local government polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 27. The court directed the electoral watchdog to instead hold the polls after Ramazan (April) due to the rough weather forecast in various parts
M. Irshadullah PESHAWAR: Six Chitrali lawyers have been recommended for appointment as civil judges/judicial magistrates by the KP Public Service Commission. According to the official notification available with ChitralToday, the successful Chitrali candidates are: advocates Masroor Nadir Taj, Saiful Islam, Fahim Ahmad, Tanzeelur Rehman, Qazi Mahboob and Arsalan Ahmad. In November 2021, 11 Chitralis had
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CHITRAL: Forest department guards arrested seven persons after foiling their attempt to smuggle timber worth millions of rupees out of Chitral in three trucks at Baradam checkpost, a senior official told ChitralToday. He said a case has been registered against the seven persons who all belonged to Upper Dir district. One of their facilitators belonging
