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PESHAWAR, July 25: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Tourism, Culture, Sports, Museums and Archaeology Mahmood Khan has said that the provincial government is trying its utmost to protect the rights of minorities and further promote the culture of Kalash Valley. This he said while talking to a 12-member delegation of Kalash Valley Chitral led by Wazirzada

CHITRAL, July 25: The Aga Khan University Examination Board announced its Higher Secondary School Certificates results 2013, of affiliated schools in Pakistan. According to the AKU-EB result announcement, the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral\’s Wasigh Ali by obtaining 404 marks; Shawkat Ali, 387 and Hisam Uddin with 335 out of 500 marks got first,

DROSH, July 25: The local administration has banned running cable TV network or even laying cables for this purpose in the town of Drosh. The decision has been taken on the pressure of the local clerics who had recently given the deadline of one week to the government to ban cable TV in the town.

CHITRAL, July 24: A mysterious fire damaged two wheat godowns in the Terich village of Torkhow valley, local police have said. The residents of the Zondran Gram locality said that the fire was ignited by unknown terror elements that also affected a few nearby private shops. The in-charge of the wheat sale points said 402

CHITRAL, July 24: A young man committed suicide while another person died after falling from a mountain in the Pashk village of Yarkhun valley. Reports said Gul Jabbar, son of Pinin Khan, shot himself dead by a 12-bore gun. The reason for the suicide could not be known. Police from the Meragram No 2 post