PESHAWAR: As the beeline of PTI leaders quitting the party continues, the president of its KP chapter and former chief minister Pervez Khattak stepped down from the position on Thursday. PTI leader Pervez Khattak made the announcement in a video statement, saying he had taken the decision after “consulting friends”. Khattak, who was the president […]
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BOONI: A public gathering was held here in Thursday against the 100pc increase in the price of wheat. A resolution passed on the occasion asked the government to immediately withdraw its decision and restore the old price of wheat. The speakers said a bag of 100 kg wheat was available for the consumers at government
CHITRAL: The district administration of Upper Chitral has said the Northern Areas Transport Corporation (NATCO) buses would soon reach Mastuj as the National Highway Authority (NHA) had launched work to clear the road in Laspur. The assurance was held out by the deputy commissioner, who was talking to a delegation of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
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ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to work on 56 micro hydro power projects in Chitral’s far-off areas with combined capacity of 11.5 MW will be carried out at an estimated cost of Rs5 billion under the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO). Director of Micro Hydro Power Projects PEDO Faisal Dawar told WealthPK that the micro
CHITRAL: A teenage boy committed suicide by shooting in Koghuzi village of Lower Chitral on Wednesday. The police shifted the dead body of the boy to the District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem. According to sources, the boy, aged 17 years, shot himself dead due to unknown reasons at his home. The deceased has been identified
MARDAN: An assistant controller examinations at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Mardan is the first government employee to have been penalized for involvement in the May 9 vandalism. Sources told ChitralToday that the university management had issued an order suspending Muhammad Ismail from service. He has already been arrested by local police and
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BOONI: A group of consultants from Turkiye and Bangladesh today visited Mulkhow along with officials of the irrigation department. According to a statement issued by the district administration of Upper Chitral, the foreign consultants under an international project discussed the possibility of bringing water from Terich valley to Mulkow. The visit was to explore ways
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CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police have formed an anti-riot squad to deal with any security situation involving unruly gatherings or mobs. The anti-riot squad, the police said, is part of efforts to ensure law and order and protect the life and property of the citizens in the district. The anti-riot squad personnel have been trained
UNITED NATIONS (APP): At least 22 countries, including Pakistan, will see an increase in acute food insecurity over the next six months, according to a new early warning report issued by two Rome-based UN agencies. The report by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) calls for urgent attention to
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CHITRAL: A man was on Monday evening shot dead in the village of Mroi Upper in Lower Chitral, according to social media reports. The reports said Ejazur Rehman allegedly killed Al-Haj Uddin, son of Aminuddin, over an old enmity. In the year 2011, a six-year-old boy was found dead with his throat slit. Al-Haj was
