CHITRAL: Speakers at a function said that the status of women in Chitral had greatly improved over the last three decades which ensured their participation in all walks of life, including education, health, service delivery, politics and sports. They were addressing a seminar on ‘ Political and economic emancipation of women in Chitral’ in ‘Hi-Tech […]
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BOONI: Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam leader Muhammad Pervez Lal has taken strong exception to repeated demand by some political activists and traders of Chitral town to send back government employees hailing from Upper Chitral working in Lower Chitral to their new district. Talking to ChitralToday, he said: \”We have so far not reacted to this repeated demand
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CHITRAL: College teachers and other staff here on Thursday took out a rally against the provincial government\’s plan to constitute board of governors (BOGs) to run the educational institutions. The teachers are of the view that by forming the BoGs, the government is, in a sense, trying to privatize the colleges. This will make education
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ISLAMABAD: Shireen Mazari, the minister for human rights, informed a Senate committee that her ministry was working on decriminalising suicide as it was being done throughout the world. “Suicide is a medical issue not a criminal issue and it should be dealt accordingly,” she said. The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights discussed the issue
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CHITRAL: District Judge Lower Chitral Ms Phool Bibi recently upheld a civil court\’s ruling in PTI leader Abdul Latif\’s appeal against the forest department for fining him over Rs40 million in connection with cutting of green trees in the Kalash valley in 2013. In the detailed judgement, the district judge observed that there were no
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: The All Government Employees Grand Alliance Lower Chitral at a meeting attended by representatives of political parties of Lower Chitral demanded that government employees hailing from Upper Chitral and posted in Lower Chitral should be sent to their new district. The meeting was presided over by former member provincial assembly Molvi
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CHITRL: The Wakhi community of Broghil valley in Upper Chitral held a literary programme, the first ever of its kind in the area. The event was attended by poets, writers and singers of the Wakhi language. The event was followed by a musical night. More than 50 people from the community were present on the
CHITRAL: A visitor from Karachi fell into the Shoghore on Sunday, Rescue 1122 said. It said Rahim Essani had come to meet his friend in Shoghore. On Sunday, he reached Gahtek bus stand to return to his home city. Before embarking on the vehicle, he was seen strolling along the river. In the meantime, he
I would like to highlight an important issue faced by the unemployed youth hailing from backward areas, including Chitral. As per the existing rule, there is a general relaxation of three years in upper age limit for the backward areas of KP, including Chitral. But, unfortunately, most of the ability tests conducting agencies and in
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Abbas Hussain DROSH: Two people were injured in an attack on a hotel in Drosh on Saturday night. Locals people told ChitralToday that some people in three vehicles reached Nasrullah Hotel in Shahnigar area of Drosh and sprayed some chemicals into the eyes of two hoteliers. The attackers also beat up Ziaullah, 24, and Hammad,
