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CHITRAL, May 18: A team of Pakistan Navy headed by Commander Khalil will be conducting test for selection of Chitral youth in the Navy in different parts of the valley from May 18 to 22. MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin during his National Defense University (NDU) course in January 2014 had met Chief of Navy Staff, Vice

CHITRAL, May 17: In an unprecedented development in their life, the 950 households of the entire Bamboret valley got electricity during the Chilimjusht-the spring festival of Kalash people. A 300 killowatt electricity project, which was completed by the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) under European Union’s peace project, was added to the power capacity of

SAIDU SHARIF (SWAT), May 17: Rehmat Aziz Chitrali has been nominated for the Innovative Youth Award for Excellence. The award, established to recognize young innovators and entrepreneurs who have contributed to the nation\’s development and who have excelled in different areas, including sports, international achievement, academics, leadership, arts and culture, journalism, youth in service and

CHITRAL, May 17: Speakers at a seminar held in the Karimabad valley highlighted community’s role in controlling different diseases among the citizens and protecting agricultural crops against pests through timely spray and other precautionary measures. The seminar was organized by the Aga Khan Health Service in collaboration with the French MFA project. Director AKHSP Dr

PESHAWAR, May 17: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has done away with the upper age limit for girls’ admission to public sector universities and colleges in the province. It has also decided to provide free education and boarding facilities to the physically-challenged students enrolled in the local government educational institutions. “From today, girls in the province