CHITRAL: Torrential rains on Sunday evening blocked the main Chitral-Dir road at different points near Drosh, a statement issued by the Lower Chitral police said. The rains triggered flash flooding in different streams, including Kaldam and Chakidam Gols, near Drosh. As a result, traffic remained blocked for hours. The police said its personnel from Drosh […]
Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: A Chitrali boy died of a bullet wound to his head in Peshawar, police said on Sunday. According to the available details, Farhan, age 12 years, son of Qamaruddin of Nishko village in Upper Chitral, was going to a mosque on Kohat Road to offer Zuhr prayers along with his father when
CHITRAL: Police have registered a First Information report (FIR) against 30 residents of Awi-Shoghore village in Lower Chitral on the charge of attacking, threatening and manhandling a resident. According to the FIR, Abdul Jalil, a resident of Awi-Shoghore, submitted an application to the Shoghore police, stating that at 11:30pm on June 8 he was returning
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PESHAWAR: At least 17 people died and over 25 were injured in rain-related incidents as torrential showers battered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak, Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on Saturday, according to KP Rescue 1122. The emergency rescue service’s director general, Dr Khateer Ahmad, confirmed the death toll in an official statement, that said roofs and walls
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the budget for fiscal year 2023-24 on the floor of the National Assembly on Friday amid smooth proceedings with the opposition missing from the benches. Dar said the government had set a modest growth target and despite being an election year, presented a responsible and balanced budget and not
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs8 billion for the stalled mega road projects in Chitral. In the outgoing fiscal year, the federal government had allocated Rs6 billion for five mega road infrastructure projects of Chitral in the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) 2022-23. According to budgetary documents available with ChitralToday, an
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PESHAWAR: A meeting held here on Friday with the chief secretary Khyber Pakthunkhwa in the chair reviewed arrangements for the annual Shandur polo festival in Chitral to be held in the first week of July, said a statement. The festival, held at the world\’s highest polo ground, has consistently played a vibrant role in promoting
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Gul Hamad Farooqi CHITRAL: Man has been naturally fond of beauty since day one and flowers are considered to be a great element or source of beauty. But some flowers are so charming that they force a person to be attracted towards them. Ayun valley is rightly called the land of flowers where there are small pots and
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday called upon universities to play an active role in preventing intolerance, extremism and violence in society, particularly among students, and guide them towards a positive mindset. The universities, he said, should arrange regular capacity-building training sessions for their management and faculty members to inculcate in students the ability
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ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the economic survey for the fiscal year 2023 at a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday, which notably showed that the country’s industrial sector contracted by around three per cent. Before presenting his government’s economic performance for the year, the minister went on a diatribe explaining the difficult condition
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