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CHITRAL, Nov 12: The All Pakistan Teachers Association (APTMA) Chitral completed its phase-wise election for the new office-bearers in the district. In the first phase the office-bearers in all the tehsils was held while at the final stage Muhammad Ashraf Khan was elected as the district president and Muhammad Jameel Khan as the general secretary

DROSH, Nov 11: Assistant Commissioner Drosh Basharat Ahmad has said old and rickety vehicles would not be allowed entry in the under-construction Lowari tunnel in winter when the Lowari pass road closes due to snowfall. Talking to this newspaper here, he said as the tunnel was opened only twice a week in winters, there have

CHITRAL, Nov 10: Angry passengers blocked the Chitral-Booni road at Klubrisht in Chitral town on Monday morning after failing to get any bus from the local bus terminal to Peshawar and other areas. A large number of passengers gathered on the main road and blocked it but the local administration failed to provide any vehicle

DROSH, Nov 9: Jamaat-e-Islami Chitral chief Haji Maghfirat Shah here on Sunday seconded the demand of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) that the provincial government should withdraw its decision of awarding contract to establish small hydel power stations in Chitral to the Aga Khan Rural Support programme (AKRSP). Based on their sectarian leanings, the two religio-political parties

CHITRAL, Nov 9: Speakers at a function held to inaugurate a new school and observe Iqbal Day in the Singoor village on Sunday stressed the importance of quality education to meet the challenges of the modern world. District Education Officer Mueenuddin Khattak was chief guest on the occasion while the ceremony was presided over by Rahimullah,