For those of us who are not prepared to believe that good governance is possible without changing the system, this would come as a surprise that a change of guard has made good governance a reality in the DHQ hospital. Last year I had bemoaned the poor state of health delivery system and had quoted […]
Mountains are the country’s most valuable resources. They are a great source of pride & joy for every Chitrali. Mountains dominate the skyline wherever it appears raising our eyes above the everyday level of civilization. They represent the nature in different ways and various colours. They are the symbolic representation of achievement and isolation of
The ongoing construction of an eight-kilometre-long tunnel in the Hindu Kush Mountains, and a little earlier than that the launching of the internet service in the valley has finally brought Chitral to the fore on the national scene. Before that few in Pakistan, except some greedy hoteliers from the down country in the Kalash valleys,
By Islamuddin GARAM CHASHMA, Dec 8: Launching ceremony of the HEC-funded research project of PDDC-AKU was held at a hotel in Chitral on Friday. The project would study the prevalence of peace and pluralism in Chitral in these troubled times for the rest of Pakistan and the findings would be replicated in other parts of
By Lutfur Rehman Low-level tension was witnessed in Pak-Afghan relations last month on the question of the Durand Line. The tension erupted with the statement of US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman. He reaffirmed Washington’s stand about the Pak-Afghan border. In an interview with Channel One TV network in Kabul, Marc Grossman
