Opinion

Suicide! a burning issue of today

Suicide among the youth, especially girls, has become the most burning issue of our society. They consider it the only easy way to get rid of all their life\’s hardness and commotions. People bear the hardships and do make sacrifices in their working fields so that they can have a better and flourishing life. Birds […]

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Explore the world of diversity

The morning of 23rd June 2012 was really very special for me. That was a day full of excitement and in fact the happiest day of my life. I was given the E-passport, visa and other necessary documents and stuffs in Islamabad during pre-departure orientation program for the four weeks summer camp to US, of

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Distortion of Chitral’s history

By Shahzad Nadeem (Oct 5, 2012) This is with reference to the article captioned “Chetrar under Katoor dynasty: Domain and political structure” written by Ghulam Sarwar Sehhrai dated July,16 2012. I would like  to refute the historical manipulation made by the writer. It is proverbial that the people who distort their history, history distorts them.

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River Chitral becoming dumping ground

CHITRAL, Sept 30:  While the civic agency responsible to take action against polluters has failed to discharge its responsibilities, River Chitral is being used as a dumping ground by people living along its sides. [caption id=\"attachment_4605\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"] Chitral River[/caption] Environment activists say the local government is least bothered to discharge its municipal duties and

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Sectarian imbroglio

NESTLED in the northern Karakoram-Himalayan region of the subcontinent, Gilgit and Baltistan remained a strategic part of Dogra-ruled Jammu and Kashmir prior to the territory’s self-generated independence in 1947-48. When a local group led by Col Hassan Khan of Kashmir’s Fourth Regiment in Gilgit revolted against Maharaja Hari Singh, the then ruler of Kashmir, they

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