PESHAWAR: A cleric was jailed for 10 years and fined Rs10 million by a child protection court here, for sexually assaulting a minor boy early this year. The judge pronounced that the evidence on record connected Qari Habibur Rehman with commission of the offence. Peshawar’s Inqilab police station had registered an FIR on March 16, […]
CHITRAL: A local support organisation working in Kalash valleys has expressed its satisfaction over the improvement of bashalenis (maternity homes), saying it is leading to reduction in mortality rate among women and newborns. Ayun and Valleys Development Programme (AVDP) held a meeting here the other day to discuss the health and hygiene in the Kalash
AYUN: People of Ayun, Kalash valleys and nearby areas held a protest gathering in Ayun Junali against the delay in launch of work by the PTI government on four key projects even after the passage of many years. The protest was arranged by Muslim and Kalash Defence Council demanding start of work without further delay
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CHITRAL: Director general of soil conservation department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Yasin Khan has said efforts are being made to increase the area under cultivation in the hilly areas of Chitral by protecting the agricultural land from erosion, reclamation of flood-affected land and levelling the uneven tracts. Speaking to a gathering of farmers at Garam Chashama in
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Manzoor Ali PESHAWAR: A joint investigation team has cleared a senior civil judge in Lower Dir district of a rape charge. Judge cleared of rape charge. In a related development, the accused, Jamshed Kundi, was granted bail by district sessions judge Shoaib Khan on Saturday. On Nov 25, the Lower Dir police had arrested the
