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PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The formation of a commission to recount rejected votes and postal ballot papers in upper Chitral’s provincial constituency was on Thursday put off to September 19 as the tribunal member did not turn up. On September 2, the election tribunal of Peshawar High Court had ordered that a one-man commission should be

CHITRAL, Sept 9: A motorcyclist was injured when he was fired upon by a man in upper Chitral. According to the SHO police station Torkhow, Mohammad Razaq, son of Sher Gulab of Torkhow, was going home on a motorcycle when he was attacked near Qaqlasht by a man holding a pistol who was following him.

CHITRAL, Sept 9: A college student was killed and seven other people were injured in road accident near Seenlasht on Monday afternoon. According to the Chitral police, the pick-up Dutson carrying people during a wedding procession was coming to Chitral town from Dolomuch. When the vehicle was negotiating a blind turn near Seenlasht, it fell

PESHAWAR, Sept 8: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Sunday said that a modern housing scheme would be started at Kagh Lasht, Chitral. Talking to office-bearers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf from district Chitral here, the chief minister said that work on the 40,000 square kanal housing scheme would start this year. He said that the

CHITRAL, Sept 8: The relics and remains from the period of Kalash rule over Chitral have escaped the attention of archaeologists and historians and their preservation and exposition can prove to be a treasure for encouraging more and more tourists to the area and providing a sound knowledge to those researching on Kalash history. Zaffar