The 2022 Aga Khan Music Awards concluded with the presentation of awards to 15 laureates by His Highness Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham Al Said and Prince Amyn Aga Khan during a gala concert at Royal Opera House Muscat’s House of Musical Arts, said a press release issued on Tuesday. The awards presentation marked the culmination […]
CHITRAL: A government vehicle owned by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) was caught smuggling timber out of Chitral, the district administration said on Saturday. It said on the direction of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral, checking had been intensified at all check posts. It said the levies and forest department officials at Baradam
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PESHAWAR: Leprosy, a disease which was said to be nearly eliminated across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), has staged a powerful comeback as over 30,000 people have been reported infected with the disease during the last two years, said official sources of the health department. According to the sources, mostly northern districts including Dir, Swat, Kohistan and
اپر چترال کے سیلاب متاثرین اس ٹھٹھرتی سردی میں خیموں میں زندگی گزارنے پر مجبور رپورٹ: کریم اللہ اپر چترال کے سیلاب متاثرین دو ماہ گزرنے کے باؤجود بھی رہائش کے لئے خیموں پر انحصار کرنے پر مجبور ہیں۔ ابھی تک ضلعی انتظامیہ، صوبائی حکومت اور منتخب نمائندوں میں سے کسی نے بھی لوگوں کی
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CHITRAL: A team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday conducted raids in Chitral Bazaar and arrested three shopkeepers suspected of smuggling of dollars and riyals. The suspects arrested were identified as Gul Zamin, wholesale dealer on Shahi Masjid Road, Zahoor owner of Boot House and Waris Afghani, owner of a general store in
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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) disposed of a contempt petition against the absence of Chitral’s Khowar language in the form for the forthcoming population census. The court disposed of the petition after Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) assured that an earlier court’s order on the issue will be placed before the Council of Common
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CHITRAL: A large number of people held a protest outside the police station of Harchin in Laspur valley of Upper Chitral against shortage of wheat in sale points and godowns of the area. Speaking on the occasion, political and social figure Suharwadi Khan Yaftali said the unprecedented rains and floods in July-August had damaged standing
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PESHAWAR: International Snow Leopard Day was observed in Chitral to highlight the significance of the iconic wildcat in the local environment. A function was held at a school in Koghuzi village of Lower Chitral and participated by civil society activists and conservationists. The function was organised by Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF), according to a statement
BOONI: Three days after the corpse of a married woman was recovered from the river, the dead body of a teenage boy was found at the riverside near Zait on Monday. Rescue 1122 identified the deceased boy as Owais Sharif, a resident of Booni. It said Owais had gone missing a day earlier. The body
PESHAWAR: Land acquisition for the construction of the 30-km-long Dir Motorway has been initiated and a committee constituted to overcome any impediments and ensure timely completion of the process. Additionally, the initial survey for the entire length of the proposed motorway has also been completed. This was revealed in a meeting held here with Chief
