PESHAWAR: An ice hockey tournament kicked off in Parwak village of Upper Chitral district on Tuesday, providing a thrilling and rare opportunity of entertainment to the young boys and girls, who were divided into eight teams. Total eight teams, four each of boys and glrls,took aprt in the tournament. Final of boys’ side was played […]
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CHITRAL: The government should take action against the flour mafia which is involved in creating shortage of wheat in connivance with the district administration that may result a serious food crisis in Chitral. Speaking at a press conference, Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Lower Chitral chief Molana Jamshed Ahmed said due to the negligence of the government the
Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: Peshawar Chitral highway widening and repair work has been started by National Highway Authority (NHA). The construction and repair of the road will make travel easier for local people and tourists. Besides, it will reduce accidents. From Ziarat to Ashiret near Lowari Tunnel, the work on the construction of the road
CHITRAL: Two persons were arrested after recovery of arms and ammunition from their possession, a spokesman for the Lower Chitral police said on Thursday. “Under the prevailing security situation in the country, DPO Nasir Mehmood has alerted the police across the district to keep a vigil on suspicious persons at all the entry and exit
ISLAMABAD: The Planning Commission has asked the Ministry of Communications to provide justification for an increase of around 64 percent in the construction cost of Chitral-Garam Chashma-Doraha Pass Road. The Cost of the original PC-1 for the Construction of the Chitral-Garam Chashma-Doraha Pass Road (82.5 KM) project was Rs. 8,314.36 million in 2017, which has
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S. Shahab Uddin YARKHUN: A new water supply line established at a cost of Rs10 million by Aga Khan Development network (AKDN) was inaugurated in Phashk village. Speaking as chief guest at the inaugural function, Aga Khan Regional Council Upper Chitral President Imtiaz Alam shed lights on ongoing projects of the AKDN under its socioeconomic
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BOONI: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has notified officer-bearers for tehsil Mastuj Upper Chitral with Javed Khan as president and Atiqur Rehman as secretary general. According to a notification issued by PML-N Upper Chitral district president Saeed Ahmed, other members of the cabinet are: Hussain Ali Khan, Sher Wazir, senior vice presidents; Khesrow Uddin,
PESHAWAR: The deputy commissioners of Lower and Upper Chitral districts have been transferred and directed to report to the Establishment Division in Peshawar. Muhammad Anwarul Haq was the DC Lower Chitral and Manzoor Ahmed Afridi of Upper Chitral. In place of Anwarul Haq, the government has appointed Arshad Qayyum Barki, a grade 18 officer of
PESHAWAR: The 15-day Chavmos winter festival of the Kalash community ended with fanfare in Bamburet Valley of Chitral region on Thursday. The annual religious event was celebrated in the valleys of Rumbur, Birir and Bamburet simultaneously. The Kalash exchanged fruits, vegetables, flowers and dried fruits with vows to forge love, peace, friendship, and fraternity among
Shah Karez Khan Naturally, the need to survive necessitated movement when the first human stepped on the soil of Chitral, which is geographically one of the most inhospitable areas on earth. It is unimaginable for the young generation to visualize the kind of hardships the old generations of Chitral must have gone through for their
