CHITRAL: Political and social figures from Drosh and Ayun on Saturday called on the government to start work on establishment of University of Chitral at Saeedabad near Drosh without further delay. They also asked the government to vacate the building at Seenlasht currently housing the university for establishment of a technical college. Geologists term proposed […]
BOONI: Overloaded trucks transporting wheat and other goods to Upper Chitral are damaging the already dilapidated roads and bridges. Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam leader and social activist Pervez Lal told ChitralToday that there was no system to check the load of trucks in Chitral. The roads and bridges across Chitral are in poor conditions due to lack
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PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on Friday announced that the provincial government would reconstruct the temple set on fire and demolished by a mob at Terri area of district Karak. The head of the one-man commission on minorities\’ rights, Dr Shoaib Suddle, met the chief minister to discuss matters to the Karak incident.
DROSH: The Awami National Party (ANP) said controversy surrounding the site for the University of Chitral has already caused a loss of billions of rupees to Chitral besides delaying the construction for the building for years. A meeting of the party with Nusrat Azad in the chair here condemned all those who were making the
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CHITRAL: Traders here have asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary to order an inquiry against Assistant Commissioner Chitral Saqlain Salim for harassing shopkeepers through the imposition of heavy fines. Speaking at a press conference, Shabbir Ahmad, Kifayatullah, Siraj Ahmad and others said AC Salim was imposing heavy fines on the traders without any justification. They
PESHAWAR: Sonia Shamroz Khan, a grade 18 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), was on Wednesday appointed as the district police officer (DPO) of Lower Chitral. Ms Khan belongs to Abbottabad and is the first woman police officer to become the head of a district police in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She will
Muhammad Uzair Ul Islam KARIMABAD: The Karimabad-Shingle track was constructed from Hassanabad–Hinjil-Breshgram and Susum on a self-help basis in 1982. Due to paucity of resources and absence of technical expertise, the erstwhile foot track in the mountainous terrain was upgraded to jeepable track. Conversely, the existing foot track gradients remain emplaced, obviously its alignment has
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YARKHUN: Beneficiaries of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) are facing immense hardship while waiting for the distribution of their stipends in Zzupu village of Yarkhun for over a week. The monthly stipend has not reached them for many months as earlier there was no distribution point and the women used to go to Meragram No
AYUN: Two persons lost their lives and three others sustained injuries when a Toyota jeep fell into a ravine in the Ocholga area of Bumburate on Monday, local people told ChitralToday. These people were transporting firewood from the forest of Ocholga in their jeep when the accident occurred due to poor condition of the road.
CHITRAL: One person lost his life and another was injured in a road traffic accident in Rumbur valley on Sunday. Rescue 1122 Lower Chitral said the accident occurred in the Palarogh area of Rumbur, Kalsh valley. It said members of a family were travelling in a Toyota car when it met with the accident. Rescue
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