CHITRAL: Five persons, including two children, were injured when a taxi car and a Hilux datsun collided head-on on Chitral-Drosh road at Kessu on Wednesday. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said the Corolla car was coming from Drosh to Chitral town carrying passengers when the accident occurred. Rescue 1122 staff provided emergency medical treatment to the […]
PESHAWAR: A Schools Literary Festival under the patronage of Al-Khidmat Foundation was held at Muslim Education Complex Peshawar. Students from 22 schools across the province participated in eight categories and showed their talents with great enthusiasm, said a press release on Wednesday. The talented students of Al-Khidmat Foundation School, Qutyba Campus, Denin Chitral, showed the
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PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has decided to involve NAB representatives in conception, planning and execution of all development projects in the province. He directed the quarters concerned to send a formal letter to higher authority of NAB in this regard. He took the decision while presiding over the 15th meeting of the
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Shimlawala (published in Dawn.com) The above two photos were captured from roughly the same location in Upper Chitral, at around the same time of year, 38 years apart. The photo on the left, taken in July 1973, shows the impressive white face of the Chatiboi glacier as its snout debouches into the River Yarkhun. The
MASTUJ: A man shot dead his cousin over a land dispute in Sorlaspur village of Upper Chitral on Monday, local police said. They identified the deceased as Niat Wali, whose body was shifted to Booni for a postmortem. According to the police, Gohar Aman, son of Bulbul, along with his sons Zia and Faizi opened
Shah Karez The United Nations (UN) Annual Climate Change Conference, 27th in the series of ‘Conference of the Parties’ or ‘COP’ was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 6-20th November, 2022. One of the breakthrough agreements in this event was to provide Loss and Damage Funding for vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters. In
PESHAWAR: Former PTI provincial president Pervez Khattak on Sunday said he is not an aspirant for the post of the prime minister but a candidate for the chief ministership of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking at an event held to welcome new entrants to his newly-formed PTI Parliamentarians (PTI-P), he said there was a likelihood of an
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PESHAWAR: The Medical and Dental Colleges\’ Admission Test (MDCAT) was re-conducted in KP province on Sunday (Nov 26, 2023) amid tight arrangements to check any use of unfair means. The entry test for admission to medical and dental colleges in the province both in public and private sector was held on Sept 10, but it was
YARKHUN LASHT: A student of class 10th died after falling into the Yarkhun river when a dilapidated pedestrian bridge collapsed near here on Saturday evening. Local people identified the boy as Nadeem Ahmed, son of Zar Muhammad, resident of Rukot village. He was a student of 10th class at the Govt High School Yarkhun Lasht.
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PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah visited Swat on Saturday during which he inspected various public service delivery outlets including hospitals, police stations and rehabilitation centres for drug addicts. He was given a briefing on the progress so far made on various ongoing developmental projects in Malakand Division, including Swat Motorway Phase 2,
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