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CHITRAL, Feb 1: Former Member National Assembly (MNA) Abdul Akbar, Ameeruddin and Abdul Latif, the president of PTI, have condemned Chitral police for allegedly occupying a piece of land owned by a poor man.   Addressing a press conference here, they said the land near Sabzi Mandi Chitral was sold in 2004 to a local

CHITRAL, Feb 1: The people of Kuragh and Charun villages adopted a novel way to lodge their protest against the apathetic attitude of the government towards the reconstruction of Chitral-Booni road which was waiting rehabilitation after being washed away by torrential flooding four years back. About one thousand villagers thronged to the site on Friday as

People gather during the Pathak festival in Garam Chashma.–Photo courtesy Voice of Chitral.[/caption] CHITRAL, Feb 1: The Pathak festival was celebrated with religious zeal and fervor in Garam Chashma valley after  more than four decades. The event is essentially meant to commemorate the arrival of saint Nasir Khusrow who reached here to preach Islam in

 MULKHOW (CHITRAL), Jan 31: Pakistan is a developing country and possesses only 4 per cent forest cover in its total land area. In most of the developing countries, this ratio is 20% and in developed nations more than 35%. [caption id=\"attachment_7416\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] A view of flooded Junalikoch in July 2012.–Photo by the writer[/caption] The forests

CHITRAL, Jan 29: The people of Boroghil and Yarkhun in upper Chitral have alleged substandard work and corruption by private contractors in the reconstruction and widening of a jeep track that links the two valleys situated along the Wakhan corridor of Afghanistan with the rest of the district. The 90-km-long jeep track from Zhupoo village