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Damages to infrastructure yet to be estimated, most roads still blocked

February 8, 2017

CHITRAL: Damages caused roads and bridges snd other infrastructures damaged in the recent rains and floods are yet to be estimated. It said 12 human casualties had been reported from the valley so far. Severe infrastructure damages, including houses, main roads and other roads leading to valleys and villages throughout Chitral were reported blocked. Most […]

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Pir Nasir Khusraw and the tradition of Pathak

January 21, 2017

Muhammad Amin According to traditions, Nasir Khusraw practised a 40-day chehla (a mystical practice) in a cave in the cliff of Injigan (present Garam Chashma) after his arrival from Yumgan of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan. After completing the chehla, he came out on February 1, as is assumed, and thus the festival is celebrated in

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Mobile phone service reaches Gasht village of Laspur valley

October 27, 2016

LASPUR: Mobile phone service has been launched in the remote Gasht village of Laspur valley Upper Chitral for the first time. Earlier this year, Telenor company made operational its towers in the Yarkhun and Torkhow valleys. Except the far-off Broghil valley, Yarkhun is now fully covered by the mobile phone firm. Officials working with Telenor

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Aga Khan arrives in Kyrgyzstan to open new varsity campus

October 18, 2016

BISHKEK: Prince Karim Aga Khan arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Monday evening, ahead of the inauguration of the University of Central Asia’s Naryn campus. He was accompanied by Prince Aly Muhammad. Elvira Sarieva, Minister of Science and Education, received the Aga Khan on behalf of the Kyrgyz government. Aga Khan Development Network Resident Representative for Kyrgyzstan

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14th August and a naive Pakistani!

August 14, 2016

14th August, it is said that on this very day in 1947, a country named Pakistan–land for pure– came into being. It is also said that it was decided as well as wished that all the people living here will enjoy their freedom. As it was a new country and a nation with precise history,

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