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CHITRAL, March 21: The Ismaili community in Chitral celebrated the annual Nauroz festival with great zeal and enthusiasm throughout the valley on Thursday. [caption id=\"attachment_8865\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] A Chitrali artist picks the Chugha during a traditional dance.–GH Farooqui[/caption] This festival, heralding the arrival of spring season, is simultaneously celebrated in Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, some parts […]

This article was published in Dawn a week before the 2002 general elections By Zar Alam Khan With turnout gradually decreasing over the last years, voters in NA-32 (previously NA-24) in Chitral seem to be even more disinterested in elections this time as Oct 10 polls are nearing. The district, with a population of 318,000

This article was published in daily Dawn before the October 10, 2002, general elections By Zar Alam Khan CHITRAL was allocated two seats – PF-89 and PF-90 – after delimitation of constituencies before the 2002 general elections. Earlier, too, there were two seats, but thanks to Gen Zia’s political shenanigans one of the seats was

CHITRAL, March 19: Construction work on a protection wall has been started in the Sheshi Koh valley to save the low-lying villages from floods. [caption id=\"attachment_8792\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"259\"] River erosion in Chitral.–File[/caption] The Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP) would execute the project with the community participation at a cost of Rs3.3 million. The work would

PESHAWAR, March 19: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was dissolved on Tuesday following the summary received by Governor Engineer Shaukatullah. Earlier on Monday, Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti had sent a summary to the provincial governor requesting the dissolution of the assembly. Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez, who was nominated as caretaker chief minister of the