General

CHITRAL, Jan 2: The Trade Union Chitral (TUC) and the United Transport Union of Chitral have started a protest sit-in at PIA Chowk demanding the opening of the Lowari tunnel on a daily basis. Trade union president Habib Husain Mughal said the decision of the federal government and the National Highways Authority (NHA) to open […]

Since April 2013, I have seen more than 50 cases of myocardial infarction (heart attack) in Aga Khan Medical Centre Booni, alone. It makes me think that why despite being in a clean atmosphere and peaceful environment our people are prone to this fatal disease. And the following three most important reasons come into my

CHITRAL, Jan 1: Fida Hussain, the Ismaili estate agent in Chitral, died at a hospital in Peshawar tonight. Mr Hussain had gone to Islamabad to attend a meeting and later he came to Peshawar along with his family. On Tuesday, he felt severe chest pain and was taken to hospital where he died. His body

CHITRAL, Dec 31: Hard hit by road blockade with the closure of the Lowari pass and government’s failure to open the tunnel, the people of Chitral here on Tuesday had all praise for former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf who started the mega project of the Lowari tunnel. A meeting of the heads of civil

DIR UPPER: The Dir city and surrounding areas received second snowfall of the winter season adding to the problems of the stranded people of landlocked Chitral district. The snowfall started in the wee hours of Tuesday and blanketed Dir town and surrounding mountains. The town received up to five inches of snow and people had