ZAIT (CHITRAL), Oct 25: Child labour has so far been portrayed as an issue of the urban areas. There has not been any mention of the menace in our society though children have always been exploited, abused and put to domestic work not compatible with their tender hands and shoulders. Child labour often harms the […]
PESHAWAR, Oct 15: A representative of the female students in Chitral here on Monday warned that they would hold a sit-in in front of the President House in Islamabad if the government failed to provide facilities to them in their home valley on a priority basis. Speaking at a perss conference at Peshawar Press Club,
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MANSEHRA, Sept 5: Speakers at a conference here on Wednesday stressed the need for restoring the past glory of Silk Route to bring educational revolution in the country. There were about 1,700 universities between Taxila and northern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on that route in the ancient times, they said. The three-day international conference titled Rediscovering
CHITRAL, Sept 5: All 66 students of government polytechnic college of Chitral have failed their first year examinations of diploma of associate engineering (DAE) in civil technology. The polytechnic college was inaugurated in its new building last year by Provincial Minister for Technical Education Mahmud Zeb, but later the building was handed over to Abdul
LAHORE, July 12: One of the nine police and prison staff shot dead in Ichra area of Lahore on Thursday morning belonged to Chitral. Police said the dawn attack, in which 10 gunmen stormed a residential property housing officers from the northwest who were in the city for training, bore the hallmarks of a similar
GILGIT/CHITRAL, July 10: The Ismaili community in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral are observing the 55th Imamat Day on Wednesday. Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, ascended the Imamat on July 11, 1957, upon the death of his grandfather and the 48th Imam Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III. As usual,
CHITRAL, July 7: The three-day Shandur polo festival started on Saturday in Shandur, known as the world’s highest polo ground located at a height of 3,734 metres above sea level. Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Khalid Rabbani formally inaugurated the festival by throwing the ball in the ground between Laspur team of Chitral and Ghizar team
CHITRAL, June 18: A man from Khyber Agency disguised as son of Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan was arrested along with his eight colleagues – five from Khyber Agency and three from Chitral – by the Chitral police. The group reached Chitral on a visit and informed the district police officer (DPO)
Zar Alam Khan (Originally published in Dawn in 2008) As the annual Shandur festival draws nearer, a controversy between the Northern Areas (N.As) administration and Chitral over some meadows and pastures on the 10,500-foot-high pass has overshadowed the preparations, threatening even the future of the now worldwide popular event. The dispute between the locals of
KARACHI, May 24: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has decided against forwarding a disqualification reference against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Gilani to the Election Commission of Pakistan after his conviction by the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case. In a five page ruling released on Thursday, the NA speaker said that no
