DROSH: Local people have demanded an investigation into the incident of a fire that erupted in a timber machine at Tonga bazaar Drosh in the wee hours of Feb 5 (Friday). The fire completely damaged the timber machine and partially damaged an adjacent house, locals told ChitralToday. The owner of the machine said after he […]
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CHITRAL: People of Chitral have criticised the apathy of National Highway Authority (NHA) towards the maintenance of roads since taking over their control five months ago. Former district council member Riaz Diwanbegi said after the formal transfer of Shandur Road (147km) and Garam Chashma Road (92km) to NHA, the communication and works department had removed
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KURAGH: People of Upper Chitral at a meeting here on Tuesday postponed their protest against power crisis from Feb 3 to Feb 8. The decision was taken at a meeting of Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam in Kuragh today. According to the resident engineer of Reshun powerhouse, Chitral is not getting electricity from Chakdara grid station and the
MADAK LASHT: People of Madak Lasht in Shishi Koh valley of Lower Chitral have expressed their reservations over government\’s plan to turn their area into a tourist centre saying this would put their indigenous culture and traditions at stake. They were speaking at an open forum arranged by the deputy commissioner of Lower Chitral to
Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Monday came down hard on Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) for its double standard in regard to the services of teachers working in the capital under the wedlock policy. The court directed the FDE to submit the criteria under which it had absorbed
