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Charsi men in a bind!

BOONI, Feb 1: Perhaps for the first time, an acute shortage of charas has hit the town of Booni but the charsi men are hopeful that it is a temporary crisis and would go away very soon. They said the shortage was neither due to the recent announcement by the new district police officer (DPO)

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Too young to shoulder big burdens

S. N. Peerzada BOONI, Dec 30: Sher Baz Khan, nine years old and a student of class 5, left his house in a hamlet called Bojum near Brok village of the Laspur valley to work as a labourer in Booni during the three-month-long winter vacation.  Talking to ChitralToday here, Sher Baz, son of Daulat Khan, said his

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Parents criticise AKES for stopping students from sitting exam

CHITRAL, Dec 25:  Some people from the Yarkhun valley here criticized the Aga Khan  Education Service (AKES) for what they said its injustices with the students from the backward area. Addressing a press conference here, Sahib Noor, the president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) union council Yarkhun, along with others said his daughter was a class

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Mehtar briefs delegation on Chitral\’s vulnerability to calamities

CHITRAL, Nov 29: Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir, Mehtar of Chitral, hosted a banquet at Chitral Fort in honor of the visiting international delegation, said a press release. The delegation consisted of the Director ICIMOD Mr. David Molden , former Prime Minister of Bhutan Mr. Lyonpo Dr. Kinzang Dorji, H. E. Mr. Kjell Tormod Pettersen Royal Norwegian

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Road users forced to pay tax to land owners in Kalash valley

چترال(گل حماد فاروقی) بین الاقوامی اہمیت کے حامل وادی کالاش کو چترال سے ملانے والے سڑکوں کی حالت نہایت ناگفتہ بہہ ہے۔ گذشتہ دو سالوں سے ان سڑکوں کی طرف توجہ نہ دینے کی وجہ سے علاقے کے مکینوں اور یہاں آنیوالے سیاحوں کو شدید مشکلات کا سامنا کرنا پڑ رہا ہے۔ ڈیڑھ سال قبل

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