On the basis of this article publsihed in The News on Nov 30, 2012, Ayaz Amir\’s nomination appers for contesting election from NA-60 were rejected by the returning officer of Chakwal on April 4, 2013. By Ayaz Amir Ardeshir Cowasjee was a genuine seth (tycoon) the Cowasjees one of the original 22 families. But unlike […]
Zar Alam Khan CHITRAL, April 4, 2013: Despite all difficulties, a young Chitrali woman has challenged experienced politicians and a former dictator of the country by filing nomination papers for the National Assembly seat of Chitral. Asma Mehmood, a lawyer by profession, is also the contender for the provincial assembly seat of lower Chitral (PK-89).
BY NEIL TWEEDIE, LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH CHITRAL, Pakistan: Five years separate Major Geoffrey Langlands from his centenary, so it was to be expected that he would remain in his chair during the show marking his retirement from the school high in the Hindu Kush that bears his name. Yet, even at the age of 95,
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Like the last election of 2008, the same traditional ways and means of sect, clan, caste and regional affinity and interests will be used as possible tools to get maximum votes. Election of 2008 was an easier one for Shahzada Mohiuddin, a veteran and octogenarian politician, who tactfully garnered support of the general public including
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CHITRAL, March 31: An expert has advocated farming of a local breed of sheep with unique reproductive characteristic, saying it can help meet the local market’s meat and wool needs. According to Dr Shakir Khan of Agricultural Training Institute, Peshawar, the sheep locally known as khotekan kari has the shortest possible gestation period of 70
