CHITRAL, Dec 10: A huge quantity of locally manufactured liquor was destroyed here on Monday. Officials said at least 12,000 litres of liquor seized on different occasions by the police were destroyed on the directive of a local court. Deputy district officer (judicial) Syed Mazhar Ali Shah supervised the destruction of the liquor at Balach.–Zahiruddin]]>
GILGIT, Dec 8: The government of Gilgit-Baltistan is in hot waters and near the brink of bankruptcy, unable even to pay salaries to its employees for the month of December. Sources said that the government needed an amount of 8.5 million to pay the monthly salaries each month. However, at the moment its reserves have
GILGIT, Dec 7: Days after the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government unveiled its trophy hunting programme, police arrested three people for killing an ibex family in Hunza Valley. “It was an unfortunate incident. A male, female and baby ibex were killed,” Wildlife Divisional Forests Officer (DFO) Aftab Mehmood said on Thursday. On a routine visit to Hussanabad
CHITRAL, Dec 7: The Chitral Heritage and Environment Protection Society (CHEPS) arranged a joint musical event of both senior and junior artists at Pamir Riverside Inn here. Most of the acclaimed senior and junior artists of the district were invited to perform together. The purpose of this joint performance was to bridge the gap between
