ISLAMABAD: The government banned the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement of Manzoor Pashteen on Sunday. A notification issued by the Ministry of Interior said that the PTM was involved in certain activities which were prejudicial to the peace and security of the country. \”Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 11B of the Anti-Terrorism […]
CHITRAL: Hundreds of passengers were stranded after the Chitral-Dir road was blocked on Lowari due to heavy snowfall early on Monday. The Lower Chitral police said that about two feet of snowfall on both sides of the Lowari tunnel had blocked the road for all types of traffic. According to reports, a large number of
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CHITRAL: The dead body of an unidentified man was recovered from River Chitral at Saeedabad area of Lower Chitral on Sunday, Rescue 1122 stated. It said someone informed the emergency service about the dead body after which a team reached the spot and recovered the remains from the river. The dead body was later shifted
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig Since 1947, this country has passed through various phases. The very first phase was over with the sad demise of Quaid-e-Azam and the powers came to the hands of the members of the political team after the vaptain. The members of this team were not devout and lacked the zeal of
CHITRAL: Jamaat-e-Islami\’s losing candidate from NA-1 Molana Abdul Akbar on Saturday said former federal minister and Molana Fazlur Rehman\’s son Asad Mahmood was responsible for his defeat in the elections. Addressing a press conference here, he said Asad Mahmood sent Talha Mahmood on JUI-F ticket to Chitral to contest elections only to defeat him. He
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CHITRAL: The PTI-affiliated candidates won all the three seats of NA-1, PK-1 and PK-2, clean sweeping in Chitral with a big margin. According to results 2024 announced by Election Commission, PTI-affiliated Abdul Latif won NA-1 with 61,834 votes and JUI-F’s Talha Mahmood remained second with 42,897 votes. This is the record highest number of votes
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CHITRAL: Close contest is expected for the one National Assembly and two Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats of Chitral with voters going to the polls in a large number on Thursday. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, there are a total of 313,550 voters for elections 2024 in Chitral. In 2018, the overall turnout in
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PESHAWAR: Although trophy hunting is legal in the country to aid conservation efforts and more importantly for those who can make the highest bid, the money from these bids often never trickles down to the communities where the hunt takes place, which has left them disgruntled, according to a newspaper report. For instance, as per
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CHITRAL: On the last day of the election campaign on Tuesday, candidates of political parties for the one National Assembly and two Provincial Assembly seats arranged impressive public gatherings in different parts of Chitral. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), all activities related to the elections by political parties and their candidates ended
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BOONI: Representatives of all political parties on Sunday night approached the district returning officer of Lower Chitral seeking action against JUI-F candidate for NA-1 Talha Mahmood for using money and other resources to buy votes across Chitral. After presenting an application to the DRO/DC Lower Chitral, PML-N candidate for NA-1 Shahzada Iftikharuddin, PPP candidate for
