Gul Hamaad Farooqi CHITRAL: A civil society organization has pointed out substandard and poor quality work on the ongoing construction of the Chitral-Booni road and called upon higher authorities to take notice of the issue. Members of Chitral Development Movement (CDM) visited the under-construction road and found that its retaining walls were being constructed with […]
CHITRAL: A court has sentenced a man to lifetime imprisonment in a drug peddling case, the Lower Chitral police said on Thursday. It said the court also imposed a fine of Rs0.5 million under section 9D of the Control of Narcotics Substance Act. The convict, Muhammad Ejaz, son of Muhammad Ishaq, resident of Jughore, was
CHITRAL: A schoolteacher fell into a river along with his motorcycle while taking his younger brother to school in Sor Rech village of Upper Chitral on Thursday. Rescue 1122 said its staffers were searching for the dead body of Anwaruddin, but so far have failed to find it. However, the motorcycle of the deceased has
CHITRAL: A media report has revealed that a junior contractual teacher was appointed first as deputy registrar and then as additional registrar bypassing relevant procedures at the University of Chitral (UoC). The appointment is illegal as law doesn\’t allow giving additional responsibilities to contractual teachers because they are not considered employees of the university. The
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[File photo]. CHITRAL: The residents of Parwak village in Upper Chitral have demanded of the government to restore the siphon irrigation scheme on emergency basis to salvage their fodder and vegetable crops as well as fruit trees. They said that their crops and orchards started withering away after the siphon pipes were swept away by
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