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Ismaili Civic introduces module on climate change for schools

September 24, 2022

KARACHI: To mark the Global Ismaili Civic Day celebrated annually around the world on 25th September, Ismaili CIVIC Pakistan introduced a module on climate change and environmental sustainability for schools to teach students. The formal launch ceremony was held at the Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan School, Karachi. Shehzad Roy, founder and president of Zindagi […]

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UNDP team assesses reconstruction needs in Chitral

September 24, 2022

PESHAWAR: A UNDP mission led by its Resident Representative Knut Ostby visited Chitral to meet the flood-affected community and identify recovery and reconstruction needs. This year, incidents of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) compounded by torrential monsoon rainfall increased the water levels in the rivers, causing hill torrents and flash flooding, putting the communities downstream

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Work on road to Birir, Kalash valleys road

Landowners allow work on Birir road before compensation

September 24, 2022

AYON: Owners of land located along the proposed road to the Birir valley have agreed to allow the start of construction work on the road before payment of compensation to them to avoid further delay in completion of the project. The landowners agreed to the request from members of a special committee formed to ensure

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Action sought over electrocution of two persons

September 22, 2022

AYON: The village council of Bumburate has passed a resolution condemning the negligence of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and its auxiliary departments which reportedly led to the death of two persons from the area two days ago. The village council met with its chairman Khalilur Rehman in the chair and all

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Chitral roads at mercy of Allah, says CJ

KP govt continues delaying tactics in 1975 notification case

September 21, 2022

PESHAWAR: The case challenging the vires of the ignominious 1975 notification came up for hearing before a divisional bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) consisting of Justice Ibrahim Khan and Justice Syed Arshad Ali in Tuesday. The 1975 notification declares all mountains, wastelands, barren lands, jungles, pastures, chiragahs and shikargahs to be the property

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Basic education community schoolteachers protest

Basic education community schoolteachers hold protest

September 20, 2022

BOONI: Female teachers of 30 basic education community schools in Upper Chitral again held a protest against non-payment of salaries for the last 16 months. The protrsters were accompanied by their children and carrying placards and chanting slogans. It may be noted that these teachers have frequently been holding protests for many years but their

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Lumpy skin disease spreading in Chitral amid vaccine shortage

September 19, 2022

CHITRAL: The lumpy skin disease (LSD) is increasing in different parts of Chitral due to unavailability of the required vaccine, creating apprehensions among farmers, farmers told ChitralToday. The LSD virus, caused by the Capripoxvirus, is an emerging threat to livestock worldwide. It is genetically related to the goatpox and sheeppox virus family. It is primarily

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Teaching of single national curriculum books from August

Public confidence in govt schools restored, says CM

September 18, 2022

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has termed access of common man to quality education an integral part of his government’s manifesto and said the government was introducing reforms alongside development projects in the sector. Public confidence reinstated in govt schools and enrollment increased in KP due to steps taken by provincial govt, he said. In

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Laspur ignored amid ravages of floods & rains

September 18, 2022

HARCHIN (LASPUR): People in this isolated valley of Upper Chitral feel let-down and neglected after government departments and private organizations ignored them amid ravages caused by recent floods and rains to their properties such as farmlands, houses and crops. Village council chairmen and members, including Sher Azam Khan, Muhammad Wazir Khan and Dil Aman

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10 families rendered homeless by river flooding

Displaced people brace for snowy winter without shelter

September 16, 2022

Zar Alam Khan While the long snowy winter is around the corner in Upper Chitral, families displaced by floods in remote Yarkhun valley are struggling with shortage of food and absence of shelter as help is not reaching them due to accessibility issues. The floods washed away 74 houses in three villages of Yarkhun and

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