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CHITRAL, Nov 28: A severe cold wave gripped Chitral when the town received rains on Wednesday. Reports said most of the areas in lower Chitral and other sub-valleys  have also received rain. In upper Chitral like the Yarkhun valley, the weather remained cloudy and there were chances of rain and snowfall. As the rain lashed

PESHAWAR, Nov 27: A large number of people from upper Chitral here on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration demanding the government should declare Mastuj as a district without further delay. The protest was organized by Tanzeem Haqooq-e-Chitral. Holding banners and placards inscribed with demands for upgradation of the tehsil to district level, the participants shouted

CHITRAL, Nov 27: Five of the people from Ayun languishing in Chitral jail on Tuesday went on a hunger strike for a short period. They were arrested for ersisting the transportation of timber from Kalash valleys to Chakdara a few months back. Riaz Ahmed, the superintendent of the jail, said the inmates were protesting against

CHITRAL, Nov 27: The residents of Rumbor valley held a protest demonstration to force the Ayun police to release their timber which they claimed had illegally been confiscated by the people of Ayun a few months back. [caption id=\"attachment_5913\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Participants of the protest.--GH Farooqui\"][/caption] The speakers on the occasion said that Supreme Court

GILGIT, Nov 26: The federal government has agreed to release Rs5 billion to the Gilgit-Baltistan government to help it complete the political reforms process and implement the governance order of 2009. An official of the finance department told this correspondent this amount was pledged by the federal government to run those offices which came into