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Forest royalty: Officials accused of keeping amount in personal accounts

PESHAWAR, Feb 22: Forest owners from Chitral district on Friday complained of long delay in royalty payments and demanded immediate disbursement of the money to them. Joint Forest Management Committee Network chairman Ahmad Saad told reporters here that Forest Development Corporation (FDC) was using delaying tactics in payment of royalty to farmer owners stressing them […]

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Himalayan lynx captured in Chuinj

CHITRAL, Feb 22: A lynx was captured and freed in the Chuinj village. The wild animal had been forced by the heavy snowfall in the high pastures to throng to the village in search of food. The conservationists heaved the sigh of relief with the breaking news as the Himalayan lynx was facing the danger

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Steps urged to check entry of sick animals into Chitral

CHITRAL, Feb 21: Participants of a workshop here demanded that proper steps should be taken to check entry of sick animals into Chitral to avoid the spread of animal-related diseases in the valley. The two-day refresher training workshop on bio-safety zonotic diseases reporting and surveillance for the district zonosis control committee was organized by Relief

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Documentary film on Khowar language released

ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: A short documentary film on Khowar language has been released to highlight the linguistic diversity in Chitral on the occasion of International mother languages day. The film is produced by Fakhruddin Akhunzada, the cultural researcher and author associated with Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) and has been uploaded on FLI’s face book page. The International

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Student kills himself

CHITRAL, Feb 18: A 3rd year student at the local college of Booni town shot himself dead on Monday afternoon inside his house. Local police said that the student Ijaz Ahmed, son of Ghulam Mustafa, of Charvelandeh, was reported to have shot himself dead. The immediate reason for his death could not be ascertained while

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