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Students from Chitral secure positions in six out of eight contests

PESHAWAR: A Schools Literary Festival under the patronage of Al-Khidmat Foundation was held at Muslim Education Complex Peshawar. Students from 22 schools across the province participated in eight categories and showed their talents with great enthusiasm, said a press release on Wednesday. The talented students of Al-Khidmat Foundation School, Qutyba Campus, Denin Chitral, showed the

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Doomsday scenario in the making

Shimlawala (published in Dawn.com) The above two photos were captured from roughly the same location in Upper Chitral, at around the same time of year, 38 years apart. The photo on the left, taken in July 1973, shows the impressive white face of the Chatiboi glacier as its snout debouches into the River Yarkhun. The

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Making flood losses good

Shah Karez The United Nations (UN) Annual Climate Change Conference, 27th in the series of ‘Conference of the Parties’ or ‘COP’ was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 6-20th November, 2022. One of the breakthrough agreements in this event was to provide Loss and Damage Funding for vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters. In

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