ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Samina Baig from the Hunza valley, who became the first Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest in May this year, has now scaled South America’s highest mountain, Mt. Aconcagua (6961 meters) together with her brother Mirza Ali under the Adventure Diplomacy Expedition. According to Samina and Mirza’s elder brother, Mehboob Ali, the […]
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ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday said the government was keen to exploit the economic potential of Gilgit-Baltistan particularly its energy and natural resources for the prosperity of people. Talking to Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said
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ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The spiritual leader of the Imami Ismaili Muslims, Prince Karim Aga Khan, reached Islamabad on Sunday evening. He was received at the airport by Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs. During his stay in Pakistan till December 19, the Aga Khan will will meet President
Report Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL, Dec 14: Students of different colleges of Chitral blocked the main Chitral-Peshawar road for hours as a protest against the National Highway Authority (NHA) for not opening of the Lowari tunnel. The Angry students held a public meeting at main Ataleeq Square and agitated against the NHA and Korean staff
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Zahiruddin CHITRAL, Dec 9, 2013: Fish farmers have complained of the successive governments’ failure to promote trout production in Chitral. According to them, British officers had stashed sperms of trout and troutlings into the transparent and cool waters of Garam Chashma, Kalash and Golen valleys in 1930s but no effort was made since then to
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