NEW YORK, Aug 23: Pakistan’s new government should urgently address serious human rights abuses, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday. It also outlined “10 steps to improve human rights.” The abuses include attacks on religious minorities, disappearances in Balochistan, and impunity for abusive militant groups. In May […]
CHITRAL, July 16: An Afghan national of Chitrali origin has been appointed as the Governor of the Kunar province of Afghanistan. Shujaul Mulk Jalala also known as Ghulam Rasul is the great grandson of Amanul Mulk II, one of the most powerful Mehtars of Chitral in the late 19th century. When due to some dispute,
CHITRAL, July 3: A man from Malakand Agency was arrested in Drosh on the charge of posing himself as the senior superintendent of police. The police said fake degrees and stamps of different universities were also recovered from the accused. SDPO Drosh circle Mohammad Khalid said Ejaz Rahim, son of Rahimdad of Kupar village of
PESHAWAR, May 20: Former president Pervez Musharraf has directed MPA-elect Ghulam Mohammad from upper Chitral to unconditionally support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The MPA-elect from PK-90 said he held a meeting with Gen Pervez Musharraf at his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad, Islamabad. “My boss ordered me to support the PTI government in
CHITRAL, May 10: Chitral has only one seat (NA-32) in the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency covers the whole of Chitral. The district of Chitral spreads over 14,850 square kilometers and according to the 1998 census it had a population of 318,689 – 162,082 males and 142,582 females. Currently, the population of Chitral is
