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CHITRAL, Dec 24: A day-long awareness workshop on farming mechanization project was held at the agriculture extension and research center in Seenlasht. Director Agriculture Jan Muhammad Khan briefed the participants about the importance of agriculture, especially in the context of Chitral. He said agriculture is like the backbone and most of Chitrali people depended on

The geographical placement of Chitral has always put its inhabitants at the mercy of nature. While developed nations reached the moon and beyond, the poor Chitralis have been looking to successive governments in Islamabad to make a small hole in the mountain to get connected with other parts of the country. Though the project to

CHITRAL, Dec 23: People of Mastuj subdivision have been protesting against ‘corrupt officers’ of the communication and works, public health engineering and irrigation departments. The protesters, including activists of political parties and civil society, united under the banner of Tehreek Tahafuz-i-Huqooq Mastuj marched on the roads of Chitral city here against what they said rampant

CHITRAL, Dec 22: The Kalash winter festival concluded here on Sunday with religious leaders of the community predicting pleasant new year for the people as a captured fox released on the occasion ran towards human settlements instead of going to the hills which could have been considered as a bad omen.  The Kalash baitans (religious

CHITRAL, Dec 22: With the closure of the Lowari top road due to the snowfall on Saturday night, hundreds of people got stranded on both sides of the pass till the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) cleared the snow on Sunday afternoon. However, the government has failed to facilitate them by opening the under-construction tunnel and