PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has sought a detailed reply from the deputy commissioner of Upper Chitral district in a petition challenging detention of six activists of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance. A bench consisting of Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Fazal Subhan fixed July 27 for the next hearing […]
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SKARDU: Tourist inclination toward Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has been seen as flights from across the country to Skardu witnessed a huge surge, a report issued by Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Wednesday said. As per the report, in July an average of 12 flights were operated per day at Skardu airport, which is the highest since
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CHITRAL: The people of Chitral have castigated the ‘lukewarm’ response of the provincial government to restore the flood-hit roads, bridges, drinking water supply schemes and irrigation channels. Razitu Billah, who is the spokesman of 31 village organisations of Chitral, told mediapersons here that both the Lower and Upper Chitral districts had lost more than 40
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a host country agreement. The agreement was signed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and IFAD President Alvaro Lario. Under the agreement, the country office of IFAD will be set up in Islamabad and the existing cooperation between Pakistan and IFAD will be
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PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Tuesday said at least 15 people were killed and 14 others injured in rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last four days. About 83 houses were partially damaged and 12 completely destroyed as relief activities continued in the districts affected by rains, landslides and floods. On
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CHITRAL: The Chitral-Mastuj road was on Monday afternoon opened for traffic by arranging alternate passageways at its flood-damaged points, the district administration of Lower Chitral said. The main road between Chitral Lower and Upper was washed away at Nerdeth Gol near Denin, Kari and Koghuzi by flooding in nullahs. The bridge on River Yarkhun near Mastuj
PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Monday dispatched another consignment of relief materials, including edible items and medicines, to flood-hit Lower Chitral. A spokesman for the Relief Department said the relief goods also include 200 family-size tenets, 5,000 sandbags, 200 emergency searchlights, 500 kitchen sets and school tents. He said that the relief
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WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States Masood Khan says education has been a robust link between Pakistan and United States since 1950s. He was addressing a group of 25 Pakistani students visiting the USA under ‘Study of the US Institutes’ program at the embassy of Pakistan in Washington DC. Mr Khan said the number of
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CHITRAL: Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry visited both Lower and Upper Chitral today and issued a directive for the formulation of a comprehensive relief and rehabilitation plan for the areas impacted by the recent floods in the valley. This plan aims to address the immediate needs and long-term recovery of the flood-affected
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PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Conservation Nature (SCN), a non-governmental organization striving for conservation of environment, culture and heritage, has approached Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman to take notice of planned and indiscriminate cutting of forest trees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) over the pretext of diseased and windfall trees. In a letter sent to the
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