GILGIT, Jan 6: As the new year started with the report that the federal government had issued a notification levying income tax in Gilgit-Baltistan from January 1, a member of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council’s tax committee said without the nod from the council no tax can be imposed in the region. As a result, there is
CHITRAL, Jan 6: Shortage of doctors at the district headquarters hospital here has been hampering the treatment of patients, as the hospital is yet to get the desired staff despite being given the category ‘B’ status. Talking to media persons here, the DHQ hospital’s medical superintendent Dr Noorul Islam said the hospital had been upgraded
CHITRAL, Jan 6: The DSL internet service in Chitral was restored after about eight days when the PTCL rectified its equipment at Lowari top. [caption id=\"attachment_6884\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Lowari Pass in Chitral side on Jan 5, 2013.--GH Farooqui\"][/caption] Special technicians and other people were hired from upper Dir and Ashiret to climb the snow-bound Lowari
CHITRAL, Jan 5: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) will carry out a feasibility study and develop water resources in Chitral town so as to provide electricity to the residents, who have been hit by severe energy crisis. This was stated by SRSP district programme officer Tariq Ahmed while speaking at a meeting of elders
All reservations, reflections and suggestions aside, let us salute the organization – MIER (Mother-tongue Institute for Education and Research) – and its members for undertaking and fulfilling a much needed task of publishing the first Khowar calendar. Thumbs up! We all Chitralis owe you many thanks. Since the publication of the calendar many reservations and
