Gul Hamaad Farooqui CHITRAL: Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Mr Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan during his visit to Lower and Upper Chitral inaugurated the tehsil bar building in Drosh. Lawyers of the Tehsil Bar Association organized a brief ceremony in his honour. Speaking on the occasion, Justice Qaiser announced that a judge of the high […]
SWAT: Family members of a van driver, who was killed in the recent attack on a school bus in Swat’s Charbagh tehsil, ended their 40-hour sit-in on Tuesday after successful negotiations with the administration, Dawn.com reported. The protesters had been demanding the arrest of the culprits behind the attack and warned of marching to Islamabad
CHITRAL: A bid to kidnap a minor girl was foiled by her mother and an uncle in the Goldur locality of Chitral town on Friday. The woman kidnapper, who was speaking Pushto, fled but her suspected local facilitator has been caught. The incident created fears and panic among the local people who asked the police
ISLAMABAD: Korea has added Gilgit, Hunza and Skardu to its list of tourist destinations in Pakistan for its nationals intending to visit in groups, said the Ambassador of Korea in Islamabad, Suh Sangpyo. “Another important area in promoting people to people exchange is tourism. As Pakistan’s security situation improves so does Korea’s travel advisory to
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Zar Alam Khan Without any tangible help coming from the government in the wake of the devastating rains and floods, people in most parts of Upper Chitral are facing an acute shortage of seeds to cultivate wheat in October and November. To compound the miseries of the populace hit hard by the floods and unprecedented
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PESHAWAR: Despite the spending of billions of rupees on education, the literacy rate declined in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 57 per cent in 2018-19 to 55 per cent in 2019-20. The revelation was made by the elementary and secondary education department in a statement submitted to the provincial assembly’s secretariat in response to a question of
AYON: Owners of land located along the proposed road to the Birir valley have agreed to allow the start of construction work on the road before payment of compensation to them to avoid further delay in completion of the project. The landowners agreed to the request from members of a special committee formed to ensure
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CHITRAL: Three boys fell from a bridge in Zanglasht area of Torkhow, Upper Chitral, and drowned in a river on Friday evening. The boys were returning home at Khashoon Zanglasht after playing football in a ground in Bozon Washich when the incident occurred while crossing a pedestrian bridge over Torkhow river. The deceased were identified
BOONI: Female teachers of 30 basic education community schools in Upper Chitral again held a protest against non-payment of salaries for the last 16 months. The protrsters were accompanied by their children and carrying placards and chanting slogans. It may be noted that these teachers have frequently been holding protests for many years but their
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CHITRAL: The lumpy skin disease (LSD) is increasing in different parts of Chitral due to unavailability of the required vaccine, creating apprehensions among farmers, farmers told ChitralToday. The LSD virus, caused by the Capripoxvirus, is an emerging threat to livestock worldwide. It is genetically related to the goatpox and sheeppox virus family. It is primarily
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