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PPP urges relief package for flood-hit Chitral

Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Members of the PPP’s provincial council here on Tuesday demanded that the federal and provincial governments should immediately announce a relief package for the flood-devastated districts of Chitral. Addressing a press conference at Peshawar Press Club, Sarfaraz Shah and Niaz Ahmed the recent rains and floods claimed many lives and destroyed public […]

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Researchers point out factors behind rising suicide cases

PESHAWAR: More young women are committing suicide than men in Chitral due to domestic violence, academic failure and family pressure for marriage, shows a recent study published by the Pakistan Journal of Criminology. According to the ‘Rising Trend of Suicides among Youth in Chitral: A Sociological Analysis’ conducted by teachers Noor Sanauddin and Dr Imran

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Tourism and Birmogh Lasht Road

Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig The efforts made by the KP government to promote tourism have received much publicity than the work on the ground. A small city like Chitral does have a local government and is under the deputy commissioner but when you enter the town area, from a tourist point of view, it does

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Sword of Damocles

Aqib Ullah (Jangbazar Chitral) There\’s a short clip of Banu Qudsia, wife of Ishfaq Ahmad, in which she can be seen explaining what should be taught to children. She says: \”We are not teaching our children that how you can bear failure in life, we aren\’t teaching them that life is full of ups and

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