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PHC orders local body polls in Hazara division after Eidul Fitr

February 1, 2022

ABBOTTABAD: The Peshawar High Court’s Abbottabad Circuit Bench set aside the schedule of second phase of local government elections in five snowbound districts of Hazara division and directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold polls in Torghar, Battagram, Mansehra, Abbottabad and Kohistan after Eidul Fitr instead of March 27. The short order comes over […]

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Climate change a threat for women of Chitral

January 31, 2022

While the threat of climate change is severe for the entire world, it grows tenfold for the pregnant women in Chitral Valley during the summer when the area experiences never-seen-before rises in mercury. The residents of Upper Chitral and Lower Chitral, who live near glaciers and pregnant women in particular are at a constant risk

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Leg pulling over Chitral Gol National Park

January 30, 2022

Leg pulling is not a positive sign but when it involves a national park it becomes more hazardous. These days Chitral Gol National Park is in controversy among the local community, KP wildlife department, Ministry of Climate Change and the inspector general forests Islamabad. Due to the leg pulling and mudslinging, the endowment fund created

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Construction without approved building plans banned in Lower Chitral

January 28, 2022

Mohammad Irshadullah CHITRAL: The district administration of Lower Chitral has imposed Section 144 on construction of any building/plaza without approval of its building plan from the tehsil municipal administration (TMA) concerned. The ban has come into force and will remain effective for two months. In a notification, Deputy Commissioner Anwarul Haq said the decision to

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New unit opened at women and children hospital

January 28, 2022

CHITRAL: A new state-of-the-art unit established at the women and children hospital Chitral through financial support from two international organizations was inaugurated on Thursday, according to ChitralToday correspondent. In this regard, a function was held at the hospital Zang Bazar which was chaired by DHQ hospital\’s medical superintendent (MS) Dr Shahzada Haiderul Mulk while assistant

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