CHITRAL, April 25: The town area counselling committee at a meeting here on Thursday appreciated the decision of Shahzada Amanur Rehman to contest the forthcoming elections as an independent candidate from PK-89 and vowed to vote him to power with a thumping majority. Elders from the town area as well as Koghuzi, Barenis, Koh and […]
CHITRAL, April 25: Because of its remoteness, communities in Chitral are facing serious human development challenges. Maternal and infant mortality rates remain persistently high due to the ‘three delays’ i.e. delays to seek care, to reach care and to receive care. Keeping in view of the challenges, the Aga Khan Foundation is implementing since 2008 the
CHITRAL, April 25: The Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan) organized a seminar to share findings of its recent research study on ‘Role of community-based saving groups enabling greater utilization of community midwives in Chitral district of Pakistan’ on Thursday. The study was funded by Maternal and Newborn Health Programme – Research and Advocacy Fund (RAF), says
CHITRAL, April 24: People, especially elders, from different valleys of lower Chitral have said former provincial minister Salim Khan failed to come to their expectations and this time they will vote for ex-tehsil nazim Chitral Sartaj Ahmed Khan. Addressing a public gathering at a hotel here, the people from Arandu, Drosh and Lotkoh etc., expressed
CHITRAL, April 22: Though the disqualification of Pervez Musharraf has not gone well with the people of Chitral, it seems unlikely that his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) will get considerable sympathy votes for the one national and two provincial assembly seats. On the other hand, candidates of other parties, especially JI and PTI, have
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