PESHAWAR, Dec 3: There has been an arbitrary incerase in transport fares on Chitral-Peshawar and Chitral-Islamabad routes with the change of the Lowari tunnel\’s opening timings. On Monday, a large number of people from Chitral held a protest demonstration at Sher Shah Soori Road in Peshawar, and asked the government to take action against the […]
CHITRAL, Dec 3: A man died of suffocation inside the Lowari tunnel on Monday afternoon. Attiqur Rahman of Kohat was coming to Chitral from Upper Dir when he fainted after travelling hardly one kilometre inside the tunnel. He was rushed to the civil hospital in Drosh where he was pronounced dead. The deceased was coming
CHITRAL, Dec 2: Speakers at a seminar here on Sunday stressed the need for creating awareness among people to check violation of human rights in the society. The seminar was organised by Legal Awareness Programme for Human Rights (LAPH). Lawyers and activists of women rights organisations attended the seminar. LAPH chairman Niaz Ali Shah, public
GILGIT, Dec 2: Inspector General of Gilgit-Baltistan Police Usman Zakria was airlifted from a village near Giglit after protesters besieged him, demanding that a religious cleric arrested for fanning sectarianism should be released. Sheikh Nayyar Abbas of Majlis-i-Wahdat-i-Muslimeen was detained during an overnight police raid at the Nomal valley under the Maintenance of Public Order.
CHITRAL, Dec 2: The Frontier Corps Public School organized a colourful programme in connection with annual performance of the institution in curricular as well as co-curricular activities. [caption id=\"attachment_6044\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\" caption=\"A little student receives award.--S. Nazir Hussain\"][/caption] Wife of the Commandant Chitral Scouts was the chief guest on the occasion. The chief guest along
