ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (APP): Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif on Sunday directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman to immediately visit the flood-affected areas of Chitral and coordinate rescue and relief efforts there. Upon the Prime Minister’s directions, Secretary to the PM Nasir Mehmood Khosa contacted the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister and Chief Secretary and
PESHAWAR, Aug 18: The KP government has decided not to hold the annual Shandur festival 2013 due to blockades of roads in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan. The festival is held from July 7 to 9 every year but this year due to the advent of Ramazan on July 11, the event was postponed to the last
CHITRAL, Aug 18: PTI\’s member of the provincial assembly on reserved seat Bibi Fouzia here on Sunday said that the tehsil headquarter hospital of Drosh would be upgraded to the ‘C’ category soon. During her visit to the hospital, she said that KPK health minister Shaukat Yousufzai has sought a report on all hospitals by
CHITRAL, Aug 17: A married girl committed suicide in Booni by jumping into the river due to estranged relations with her in-laws. An official of Booni police station identified the girl as Tahira Bibi, wife of Mohammad Azam Khan. She was mother of a child of one year. The police are conducting an inquiry into
DROSH, Aug 16: A free medical camp was arranged for the flood-affected people of the Orghoch village. In the medical camp held under the aegis of the Pakistan Red Crescent/German Red Cross, about 450 patients were checked and provided with medicines. The medical team led by Dr Mehmood Alam, Dr Israr and Dr Azhar Mehmood
