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Taxes in Malakand Division opposed

Traders threaten civil disobedience over taxes in Malakand Division

SWAT: The representatives of traders here have asked government to refrain from imposing taxes in Malakand division. Addressing an emergency meeting in Mingora, they threatened that the people of Malakand would start civil disobedience if taxes were imposed in the division. The meeting was called by Malakand Division Traders Federation. The office-bearers of trader federations […]

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Shutter-down, protest against 100pc increase in wheat price

Shutter-down, protest rally against 100pc increase in wheat price

GH Farooqui CHITRAL: The recent increase by the government in wheat price by 100pc was on Friday protested by all political, religious parties and traders in Chitral by closing markets, blocking the main Chitral-Dir road and holding a rally. Addressing the gathering of people, speakers belonging to different political and religious parties regretted that Chitrali

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Trying civilians in military courts against international law

Trying civilians in military courts against international law, says Amnesty

Responding to the press release published yesterday by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) indicating the Pakistan military’s intention to bring ‘arsonists’ during last week’s violent protests to trial under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act, Dinushika Dissanayake, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said:  “It is alarming to note

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NATCO bus service between Gilgit and Mastuj resumed

NATCO bus service to Mastuj resumes

[File photo] MASTUJ: The NATCO bus service between Mastuj Upper Chitral and Gilgit has resumed after many years and the locals have welcomed the move.  The NATCO bus service between Gilgit and Mastuj remained closed after the Covid-19 lockdown, creating lots of problems for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. A large number of people

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Govt given one week to stop supplying subsidized wheat to millers

Govt given one week to stop supply of subsidized wheat to millers

DROSH: Speakers at an all parties protest gathering here today asked the government to stop supplying subsidized wheat to millers and restore the past practice of selling wheat at sale points across Chitral to benefit the common man. The protest gathering was chaired by Jamaat-e-Ismali Chitral chief Molana Jamshed Ahmed while former JUI member of

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