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NHA to spend over Rs850 billion on improvement of Nowshehra-Chitral road

ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: The National Highway Authority plans to spend Rs 8550.425 million on improvement and widening of Nowshehra-Chitral Highway (N-45). “Improvement and widening of Chakdara-Timergrah-Dir-Chitral (141 km) section is a new project which will complete left over sections of the project improvement of N-45 for dualisation, rehabilitation and reconstruction, which was undertaken in 2006 at […]

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Boy, sister drown

CHITRAL, Aug 24: A boy and his sister drowned in Chitral river, reports said. According to local police, Naqeeb Ali Shah, aged 11 years, son of Zahir Shah, was drinking water in a fountain on the bank of Chitral river at Joghoor Dawashash village when he slipped into the water. His sister Laila, 18, tried

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Suicides in KP – a deplorable trend

By Sher Alam Shinwari Committing suicide by teenagers is a worldwide issue and our country is no exception. Since the start of this year KP witnessed a rising trend of suicide among young people which according to experts was triggered by parent’s authoritarian attitude, widening gap and over emphasis on compliance of parent’s orders by

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Promotion of resilience among female students stressed

KURAGH (CHITRAL), Aug 16: A Qirat and Naat competition was held among the private and public schools at the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Kuragh, Chitral, on 27th of Ramazan. [caption id=\"attachment_3547\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Participants with the chief guest.\"][/caption] In this gathering, there were 15 participants for Qirat and 20 for Naat competition. Hundreds of

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Youths asked to make Pakistan great

CHITRAL, Aug 14: Like other parts of the country, the 66th Independence Day of Pakistan was celebrated in Chitral with great pomp and show. [caption id=\"attachment_3501\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Photo by Syed Nazir Hussain\"][/caption] In this connection, a colourful ceremony was held at the Centennial Model School, Chitral. DCO Rehmatullah Wazir was the chief guest on

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