CHITRAL: An anti-polio campaign has started in the union council 1 and 2 of Drosh tehsil which will continue till June 23. The Lower Chitral police on Monday said over 230 police personnel have been deployed to provide security to health department teams taking part in the drive. During the five-day activity, children under the […]
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CHITRAL: The semi-final of the inter-district polo tournament will be played at Chitral polo ground on Monday. In the first match to be played at 4pm, Chitral A will face Chitral Khas while in the second match Chitral Scouts A and Chitral Levies A will be contesting to reach the final. Four teams qualified for
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CHITRAL: The dead body of the young horse rider who fell off the horse into the Chitral river from Chew Bridge on Friday has been recovered at Jutilasht, Rescue 1122 said on Sunday. The emergency service said after bring alerted about the body its staff reached Jutilasht and recovered the it. The body has been
CHITRAL: A local leader of the Pakistan People’s Party said has claimed that the federal government allocated funds in the budget for the Chitral-Shandur and Garam Chashma-Kalash roads after hectic efforts by the PPP leadership. The PPP governments always launched development projects in Chitral whenever the party came into power,” Engr Fazal Rabi Jan, the
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ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved 200 million dollars for the flood-affected areas of tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to sources, the funds have been approved as part of a program agreed with the government of Pakistan to respond to the devastating floods that hit the country last year. The project will support emergency
BOONI: A nine-year-old boy has gone missing from the house of his relatives in Rayin village of Torkhow in Upper Chitral. According to social media, Ilham, son of Haji Akbar, is a resident of Lot Oveer. The boy was in Rayin when he went missing after going out of his relatives\’ house on Friday evening.
ISLAMABAD: Danish Minister for Development Assistance and Climate Change Policy Dan Jorgensen on Thursday witnessed the signing of two projects that include one scheme to increase communities’ resilience to climate change in Kalash valley of Lower Chitral. The Danish minister was in Islamabad to launch Green Action Plan and sign the landmark climate projects and
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ISLAMABAD: A documentary called docu-drama on a girl ice hockey player from Booni, Upper Chitral, was premiered at Serena Hotel Islamabad on Friday night. The film Minahil, directed by Wajahat Malik, was co-funded by Serena Hotels and the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad. It served as a reflection on the broader issues faced by young
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CHITRAL: The heirs of a police constable, who embraced martyrdom in the line of duty last year, were handed over cheques worth Rs10 million under the Shuhada Package of the government. The policeman, Arbab Uddin, was martyred when an unknown attacker opened fire on a police checkpost in Ursun area of Lower Chitral a year
PESHAWAR: UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme has approved the designation of 10 new biosphere reserves in nine countries, including one in Chitral. Last year, the KP government approved the first ever biosphere reserve of the province in the Bashqar Gol and Shandur valleys of Upper Chitral. According to a press statement of UNESCO posted
