CHITRAL: Canadian High Commissioner for Pakistan Wendy Gilmour inaugurated a new school building at the Aga Khan School, Shuist, a remote village 10 to 12-hour drive from Chitral town. Ms. Gilmour was accompanied by CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan, Mr. Akhtar Iqbal, and the regional leadership of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme […]
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CHITRAL: The head of the Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan retired Brig Khush Muhammad Khan has said the organization has the commitment to ensure long-term financial and professional support to the community-based schools in Broghil valley. In reference to a report published in ChitralToday on May 7, he said currently three of
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CHITRAL: All the eight community-based schools (CBS) in the village council of Broghil in Upper Chitral remained closed since March this year after their teachers launched a protest following non-payment of their salaries. \”We had seven community-based primary schools and one high school that were first established in 2000 with the support of the Aga
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CHITRAL: Four tourists were injured after their car skidded off a culvert at Ashiret on Chitral-Peshawar road on Friday and fell into a nullah, an official of Rescue 1122 told ChitralToday. The emergency service said the tourists belonged to Charsadda and were coming to Chitral. It said five people were travelling in the car and
CHITRAL: Thousands of vehicles laden with tourists from all parts of the country poured into the scenic valleys of Chitral during Eid holidays resulting in overcrowding at hotels and guest houses. Over 600,000 people visited seven major tourist destinations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, mostly Malakand and Hazara divisions, during five Eid holidays, said the tourism department.
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[Picture by Lower Chitral police]. CHITRAL: Hundreds of people, mostly tourists, faced immense trouble due to poor condition of roads worsened by rain during the Eidul Fitr holidays. Tourists in a large number from different parts of the country entered Chitral during the holidays. Most of them headed to the Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) bench has sought comments from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority and three other government bodies in a petition seeking direction for the government for early completion of N-45 (Chakdara to Chitral highway) as part of CPEC’s western route. The bench consisting of PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and
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ISLAMABAD: Veteran parliamentarian and Chitral\’s iconic politician Shahzada Mohiuddin passed away after protracted illness in Islamabad at the age of 84 years on Wednesday morning, his family sources confirmed to ChitralToday. The funeral prayers of Shahzada Mohiuddin will be held at his home in Sairdur (Drosh), Lower Chitral, at 10:30am tomorrow (April 28), his sons
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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday dismissed an application of Haji Sultan Muhammad of PTI for re-polling and recounting at one polling station of tehsil Drosh in Lower Chitral. Haji Sultan had submitted the application to the Election Commission of Pakistan, raising objections to the notification of Shahzada Khalid Parvez of the PPO
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DROSH: Drosh police impounded a car after recovering one kg drugs from it on Saturday. Sources told ChitralToday that the vehicle belonging to a local political leader was coming to Drosh from Chitral town when the police tried to stop it. However, its driver abruptly turned back towards Chitral and in a rash to flee
