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DROSH, April 1: A large number of people wait outside the ATM (automated teller machine) both of the Habib Bank Limited (HBL) branch in the Drosh town of Chitral for their turn to draw cash. The facility of ATM is quite new in Chitral and there are still a very few banks who have installed

PESHAWAR, March 31: A former lawmaker from Chitral has asked the government to announce the establishment of a fully-fledged university in the district by April 10 otherwise the people would start protest demonstrations. Speaking at a news conference at Peshawar Press Club on Monday, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali said a campus of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed

CHITRAL, March 31: The district and sessions judge of Chitral awarded life term to a local lawyer in the murder case of a boy who was killed ago in a mosque in Barenis village about one and a half year back. The prosecution proved before the court that lawyer Mominur Rahman of Barenis village had

MINGORA, March 30: As many as 29 police personnel from Chitral were imparted sub-conventional warfare training by the Pakistan Army to enable them to counter any terrorist attack. The three-week training was held at the army’s counterterrorism centre at Kharian. Besides the 30 policemen from Chitral, 33 officials each from Swat, Lower Dir and 30

CHITRAL, March 30: The recent rains and snowfall blocked roads and wiped out water pipelines and electricity pylons in different parts of Chitral. Due to the absence of any government agency to help the residents restore and repair damaged roads and other infrastructures, the residents are facing lots of hardship. In the picture (above) taken