BREP (UUPER CHITRAL): Pakistan Red Crescent Society in collaboration with the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) conducted a week-long disaster simulation exercise in Brep, Upper Chitral. Brep is prone to frequent natural disasters like flash and glacier lake outburst floods, according to a statement issued here. The disaster preparedness exercise had dual purposes to help
CHITRAL: Renowned economist Prof. Toufiq Jan has lamented the apathy of successive governments towards the worst condition of roads in the two districts of Chitral. In a press statement, Prof. Jan said Chitral was the first princely state to join Pakistan in 1947. Our national and provincial leadership failed to address basic needs of people
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Zar Alam Khan A remote valley of Chitral with a population of about 15,000 people is devoid of a girls school, thanks to the apathy of the education department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Yarkhun is the northernmost valley of Upper Chitral bordering the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan. A government middle school for girls is located in
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Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig In an article last week I had given a small-scale coverage to a historic spot that falls on a tourist route but was not appreciated by members of our new generation and came to argue. In Chitral we have numerous places of historical, mythical and geographical importance that have to be
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Pervez Hoodbhoy What did Afghan kids study after Mullah Omar’s Taliban were ousted in 2001? What was their school curriculum and, most importantly, how does it differ from PTI’s controversial Single National Curriculum (SNC)? When the Taliban government permitted boy-schools to reopen last week, these questions somehow popped into my mind. Quick answers were unavailable
