After acceding to Pakistan in 1947, Chitral should have been made a part of the federally administered Northern Areas of Pakistan with which it has strong cultural and linguistic links. The majority of Pakistanis believe that Chitral is a part of the Northern Areas (now Gilgit-Baltistan). Only a few know that it is, in fact, […]
ZAIT (CHITRAL), Aug 9: Utility stores were established to provide daily-use commodities to the public at controlled rates. Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani said at the inauguration of Ramazan Package at a Utility Store on July 20 that the middle class would benefit from the subsidy given at Utility Stores across
CHITRAL: In a crackdown against drug traffickers, the Chitral police arrested four persons and sent them behind bars. The police said they arrested Mian Mukhtiar Gul, son of Mian Mumtaz Gul, of Rehankot, and Mohammad Azam, son of Hazrat Khan of Denin, on the charges of being the main drug peddlers. However, they were held
CHITRAL, July 29: The district administration of Chitral has lodged an FIR (first information report) against those residents of Chitral who peacefully held a protest demonstration against prolonged power outages and open sale of narcotics in Chitral. Mohammad Kausar Chughtai Advocate told this scribe that he had confirmed from the police station Chitral that the
