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DROSH: At a public gathering held in Drosh bazaar, local leaders of Awami National party (ANP) warned the PTI government not to shift liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plants from Chitral to Gilgit-Baltistan.  They said the plants were sanctioned for Chitral town, Drosh, Broz and other areas by the previous government and their shifting would not […]

PESHAWAR: In a strange twist to a Chitrali underage girl\’s marriage with JUI-F lawmaker from Balochistan, the Chitral police have said the girl was 18 years old and had married the over 60-year-old man on her free will. The police submitted a report (available with ChitralToday) to the Commission on the Status of Women, KP,

Social and human rights activist Dr Khalil Ahmed Jughooru has demanded stringent legislation to check exploitation of Chitrali girls and women through underage marriages and other ways. He said the provincial assembly should either make a new law or endorse the existing one, if any, in order to protect the rights of Chitral women, girls

CHITRAL: Forest plants were distributed among local people in Kalash valley of Bumburate under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The plants were distributed under the “Reversing deforestation and degradation in high conservation value chilgoza pine forests in Pakistan” project.   Under this campaign, 15,000 seedlings of forest plants were distributed with the support of the