ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Minorities has finalised a draft law to curb forced conversions, Chela Ram, the body’s chairman, said on Wednesday. But the law will be finalised only after consultations with the provinces and the leaders of all schools of thought, Mr Ram added. He was addressing a news conference at the Press […]
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan’s chief court has stopped the GB chief election commissioner (CEC) from intervening in the affairs of government departments. The two-member bench of the chief court conducted hearing of a case filed against transfer of GB’s water and power officials during election days. After hearing arguments from both the sides, the bench comprising Chief
ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday said people in the country were \”committing a collective blunder by recklessly ignoring\” all standard operating procedures (SOPs) against coronavirus, the results of which have started to show in the form of increased deaths. \”Last week, daily Covid mortality rate was 12. This is a 140
PESHAWAR: For the first time in the country’s history, a move has been sought to extend marital laws to the Kalash community, living in the vales of Chitral. The Kalash Marriage Act, which will be formulated in consultation with 74 indigenous judges, is expected to be completed by December 2020. The implementation of the decree
Fast bowler Umar Gul has announced he will be retiring from all forms of cricket after a 20-year professional career as his side, Balochistan, failed to qualify for the National T20 Cup semifinals. In a statement, he said he had made the decision with a \”heavy heart and after a lot of thinking\”.\”I have always
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will spend Rs1.2 billion in three years on organising festivals and tourist activities in the merged tribal districts despite the fact that neither any infrastructure exists there nor has any tourist spot been identified there. The newly-established Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cultural and Tourism Authority will sponsor the festivals, an international cycle
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چترال(گل حماد فاروقی) ویسے تو چترال کی تمام سڑکوں کی حالت نہایت حراب ہے جس کی وجہ سے آئے روز سڑک حادثات پیش آتے ہیں جن میں کئی قیمتی جانیں ضائع ہوئی ۔ مگر چترال کے سڑکوں کی تباہی کا ایک اور بنیادی وجہ سڑک پر بہتا ہوا پانی ہے جو تارکول کو قلیل عرصے
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LAHORE, July 21: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cancelled his visit to Chitral due to bad weather on Tuesday. According to a spokesman for the prime minister, Nawaz Sharif was due to leave Lahore for Chitral on Tuesday to review the flood situation and relief activities in the valley. However, due to the bad weather, his
Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD, June 15: The decision taken by 97-year-old G.D. Langlands, the former Principal of Langlands Public School and College Chitral, to remove Carey Shofield as the principal has drawn lots of flak in Chitral with local people terming the move the last nail in the coffin of education in the backward area. Background
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The major event was celebrated in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Chitral campus, in which environmentalists and Worldlife representatives delivered speeches on environmental challenges in Chitral and climate change in the world. Chitral-wide green clubs in their own targeted areas held walks with placards, banners and charts, and civil society also took interest in awareness programs
