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Awareness walk held in Chitral

CHITRAL, July 15: The establishment of the zoonotic disease diagnostic laboratory at the THQ hospital in Drosh is welcomed. A meeting held under the chair of Dr Ajmal Khan here on Monday was informed that informed that the laboratory would play an important role in checking the disease. They said a similar lab set up

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Female student from remote Chitral village completes M.Phil

ISLAMABAD, July 15: Mehnaz Liaquat from Brep in upper Chitral has completed her M.Phil in Biotechnology from the Centre of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar, securing the highest grade (3.8 GPA).  The topic of her thesis was “Microbiology and evaluation of antibiotic resistant bacterial profiles of drinking water in Peshawar.  Prof. Dr. Gul Majid Khan of

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Shandur road reopened

GHIZER, July 13: The Shandur road linking Gilgit-Baltistan with Chitral was reopened after 40 days of closure due to flooding early Saturday. The vital road had cut off after floods washed away about one kilometre portion of the road at Susut. Besides, two bridges were also damaged in the Ghizer area. The communication and works

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A case for Chitral

ISLAMABAD, July 14:  The Prince of Chitral, Shahzada Iftikharuddin, has a dream – to make his district the Gwadar of the north. His dream, very precise, very visual, is based not on assumptions or a fertile imagination, but on facts that he puts forth proudly. “Chitral district consists of 20% of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s total area and

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