CHITRAL: Thousands of vehicles laden with tourists from all parts of the country poured into the scenic valleys of Chitral during Eid holidays resulting in overcrowding at hotels and guest houses. Over 600,000 people visited seven major tourist destinations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, mostly Malakand and Hazara divisions, during five Eid holidays, said the tourism department. […]
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[Picture by Lower Chitral police]. CHITRAL: Hundreds of people, mostly tourists, faced immense trouble due to poor condition of roads worsened by rain during the Eidul Fitr holidays. Tourists in a large number from different parts of the country entered Chitral during the holidays. Most of them headed to the Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board to rectify errors in textbooks and show Shandur tourist resort in Upper Chitral as part of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The direction was issued on a petition filed by Shahid Ali Khan Yaftali Advocate. A bench of the high court, comprising
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CHITRAL: A lecturer was arrested on the complaint of his wife for beating and detaining her at home for two days, according to police documents available with ChitralToday. According to the First Information Report (FIR), the woman approached the police and complained that she is a lecturer at a college for girls and her husband
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday said that the state gifts cannot be taken home and ordered to recover all the Toshakhana gifts. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb made the remarks while hearing a Cabinet Division’s petition against sharing the details of foreign gifts obtained by former prime minister Imran Khan. Earlier, the Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sported some new faces and parties that were previously not in the picture. His team so far has a total of five women on board — three federal ministers and two state ministers. Here\’s a quick glance at the women inducted in the new federal cabinet. Marriyum
AYUN: The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) has been asked by people of Ayun to remove debris from Ayun Gol side and complete the protection wall without further delay. Talking to ChitralToday, notables of Ayun, including Saeeduddin, Saeed Ahmed, Tanzilur Rehman, Musharraf Khan, Ghulam Hussain and Fazlur Rehman said AKAH had started construction of
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CHITRAL: The population of Chitral has seen a 1.8 per cent growth per year which an official said was less than the national growth of 2pc per year. Secretary Population Welfare KP, Ziaul Haq stated this during a visit to the district population welfare office here the other day. He expressed satisfaction over the population
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The political uncertainty over the past couple of weeks coupled with the compromised decision making of a beleaguered government has exposed Pakistan’s economic fragility despite tall claims of the government to have secured strong fundamentals. The rupee value and shares market went down like ninepins in a matter of days. The Eurobond yield maturing in
ISLAMABAD: Sticking to his guns and claiming to play till the last ball, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was ousted from the slot of prime minister by the combined opposition after a week of standoff. The opposition\’s no-trust motion succeeded an hour past midnight on Sunday with 174 members in the 342-strong house voting in favour of
