Every year Shandur Festival is celebrated in Chitral and a large number of tourists arrive in the district to attend this interesting event both from inside the country and from abroad. The influx of tourists in Chitral result in improvement in socio-economic life of people and enhance business and employment opportunities in the district, which […]
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KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend the scope of their transit trade agreement to include Tajikistan as part of the overall effort to promote regional economic cooperation. A joint statement, issued simultaneously from Kabul and Islamabad at the culmination of talks between Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and President Hamid Karzai, said the
KALASH VALLEY, July 17: The fire which was erupted on 8 July is still continued today. People of the valley are disappointed as no one is willing to help these people to extinguish fire in the forest. DCO Chitral responding to the grievance of the people sent some forces from border police. Mr. Javeed Subidar
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The afternoon sun slanted across the District Chief of Police’s office as he sat glowering at me in his oversized armchair, gnashing his teeth like some rabid, ethnic Muppet. Sitting in his line of fire, I smiled at nothing in my ridiculous Pashtun disguise, masterfully flaunting the Dumb Tourist Card. “This is no place for
By Tahir Mehdi Laws must make sense because if they don’t they are bound to be violated. The violators become criminals out of little or no fault of theirs and the matter becomes a grave social concern. That’s exactly what has happened to the election expenses. The Election Commission has recently set Rs 1.5 million
