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Rockfall claims student\’s life

CHITRAL: A first-year student lost his life after being hit by a falling rock in Ziture village of Garam Chashma on Thursday. According to social media, Farzand Ali, son of Muhammad Ayub, belonged to Ovirik village. Ali was going to his college in Garam Chashma when he came under the rockfall. Three other students accompanying

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Plantation campaign launched

GH Farooqui CHITRAL: The forest department has launched a tree plantation campaign in Lower Chitral. During the spring plantation drive, the department is providing free of cost saplings to locals.  Divisional Forest Officer Lower Chitral Abdul Majid told a function that 200,000 saplings would be given to the district police for plantation in different police

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Student visa rules in Australia

Australia tightens student visa rules

SYDNEY (Reuters): Australia will begin enforcing tougher visa rules for foreign students this week as official data showed migration hit another record high, which is likely to further exacerbate an already tight rental market. From Saturday, English language requirements for student and graduate visas will be increased, while the government will get the power to

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Pakistan, IMF reach staff level agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff level agreement on the second and final review under the standby arrangement. The agreement was reached during meetings between Pakistani authorities and the IMF team led by Nathan Porter in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported. Under the agreement, Pakistan will receive $1.1 billion after

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