BOONI: A court here on Friday ruled that Qaqlasht is a Shamilat land of the people of Booni and nearby areas. The court added that only 12 chakorams of land at Sholiri, comprising the Qaqlasht playground, was state property. The court ptonnounced the verbal ruling in a case filed by residents of Booni and other […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared illegal sales tax on cooking oil as well as steel industry in the now merged FATA and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), including Chitral. The apex court issued the ruling after overruling a judgement of the Peshawar High Court on the appeal of steel mill and
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KARACHI: Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi Executive Director Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi recently visited different areas of Lower Chitral and Upper Chitral as part of its National Talent Hunt Program (NTHP) outreach activities. The visits were made to Susum, Royee in Garam Chashma Lower Chitral; Kuragh, Booni, Parwak and Chapali in Upper Chitral. During
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PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has decided to give waiver in test fee to the candidates with disabilities appearing in all kinds of screening tests under Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (ETEA). He announced the decision while chairing the 31st meeting of the board of governors of ETEA on Monday.
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PESHAWAR: Amid the growing number of candidates for admission to public sector medical and dental colleges, Khyber Medical University Vice Chancellor Prof Ziaul Haq keeps his fingers crossed that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council will allow more enrolments in MBBS and BDS courses from early 2025. “With more and more students sitting the Medical
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CHITRAL: Police on Sunday said that they recovered a motorcycle in less than 24 hours after it was stolen from Goldur locality and arrested the alleged thief. In a statement, the police said that the City police station had received a complaint about the theft of the bike. A team formed to trace the bike
ISLAMABAD: At least nine persons were killed and 21 others injured in an attack on a passenger bus coming to Rawalpindi from Gilgit-Baltistan at about 6:30pm on Saturday. The bus (BLN 4647) operated by K2 Trekkers was coming from Ghizer to Rawalpindi when it came under attack at Hodur area on Karakorum Highway near Chilas
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the federal government to issue Pakistan origin card (POC) to 109 Afghan nationals. The direction was issued by a division bench, comprising Justice Waqar Ahmed and Justice Arshad Ali, while hearing a petition filed by Afghan nationals who have married in Pakistan. The counsel for the petitioners, Saifullah
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PESHAWAR: Scores of women have been found involved in heinous cases in the province of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. According to a document of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), since 2014 at least 51 women have been found involved in different heinous cases. Of these women, 30 were found involved in terrorism, 13 in kidnapping for ransom and
CHITRAL: A female doctor has been arrested in connection with the suicide of a teenage boy in the Jughore village of Lower Chitral. According to Chitral Fast News, the arrest was made after the City police registered a case against the doctor under section 322 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on the complaint of the
