Pervez Hoodbhoy With economic meltdown around the corner and the dollar over the roof, panic is all around. If successful, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail’s IMF negotiations in Doha may push ahead the day of reckoning by some months. But then what? How long before the house of cards comes crashing down? Decades of overspending and underproduction cannot […]
[APP story; picture by Muhkam Uddin] LOWER CHITRAL: The three-day Chilimjusht spring festival attracted large numbers of tourists and is concluding today (Monday) in the three Kalash valleys in Lower Chitral. The main function of the event was held in Rumbur valley, where the Kalash people sprinkled milk on their loved ones and prayed for
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) has arranged a rally of bikers participated by 22 Malaysians which started in Islamabad on Friday and will culminate at Shandur in Chitral. According to a press release, the rally has been arranged with the cooperation of different tourists and Appo Bikers Club. The rally started
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CHITRAL: The head of the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan retired Brig Khush Muhammad Khan has said the organization has the commitment to ensure long-term financial and professional support to the community-based schools in Broghil valley. In reference to a report published in ChitralToday on May 7, he said currently three of
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Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig There was a time, not very long ago, that tribes, clans, communities and states had the idea that man and woman are not equal in any way because their capacity to work and nature of physical demands are not equal and so they cannot be treated equally. Most countries and societies
