M. Irshad Ullah PESHAWAR: Chitral won the inter-district Ufone 4G second edition football tournament here on Saturday. In the final match, DFA Chitral beat DFA Mardan by 1-0 goal. At the end of the match, Ufone chief executive officer (CEO) Mr Ghaznfar, who was the chief guest, handed the winning trophy and cash prize to the […]
GILGIT: People of Gilgit-Baltistan staged street protests and blocked roads on Thursday against the supply of substandard wheat and reduction of subsidised wheat quota for the region. The protesters, including workers of the ruling PTI and opposition PPP and PML-N, gathered at the Sharea Quaid-i-Azam, blocked the key Zulfiqarabad Road and Karakoram Highway for hours,
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BOONI: Students from the Govt Degree College for Girls Booni blocked the Chitral-Mastuj road at Khandan against shortage of teachers in their college on Thursday. The students took out a rally and staged a sit-in on the road chanting slogans demanding filling of the vacant posts of teachers. They said out of the total 24
BOONI: A flood early warning system has been installed in Booni Gol by the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH). A statement issued by the district administration of Upper Chitral said an orientation session on the system was held with Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali in the chair on Wednesday. Wali Muhammad Yaftali, EM AKAH Upper
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CHITRAL: On the fifth anniversary of the PK-661 crash, all the 47 passengers who lost their lives while going to Islamabad from Chitral on board the ill-fated plane were remembered here on Dec 7. PIA air crash victims. Functions were held to commemorate those perished in the air crash, including renowned religious personality Junaid Jamshed
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CHITRAL: Construction of an RCC bridge on Garam Chashma road at Shoghore could not be completed even after six years. People of Garam Chashma told ChitralToday that the wooden bridge on the river Lotkoh was washed away in the 2015 floods, affecting about 15,000 population. The communication and works (C&W) department engaged an army organization
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CHITRAL: A man was stabbed to death and another injured in a clash between two groups of people over a land dispute in Shadok area of Chitral located in front of Shahi Fort across the river. A brother of the deceased Tor Jan reported to the police that he along with his brother and others
CHITRAL: A local support organisation working in Kalash valleys has expressed its satisfaction over the improvement of bashalenis (maternity homes), saying it is leading to reduction in mortality rate among women and newborns. Ayun and Valleys Development Programme (AVDP) held a meeting here the other day to discuss the health and hygiene in the Kalash
AYUN: People of Ayun, Kalash valleys and nearby areas held a protest gathering in Ayun Junali against the delay in launch of work by the PTI government on four key projects even after the passage of many years. The protest was arranged by Muslim and Kalash Defence Council demanding start of work without further delay
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CHITRAL: Director general of soil conservation department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Yasin Khan has said efforts are being made to increase the area under cultivation in the hilly areas of Chitral by protecting the agricultural land from erosion, reclamation of flood-affected land and levelling the uneven tracts. Speaking to a gathering of farmers at Garam Chashama in
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