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Four killed in separate incidents

CHITRAL, July 29: Four people, including two women, died in separate incidents in various parts of Chitral. Taj Bibi of Charun Oveer village committed suicide by jumping into Chitral river whose body was recovered from the river near Chitral town. In Mastuj town, an unmarried woman was electrocuted while working in her kitchen garden when […]

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Is Baba Jan a terrorist?

ISLAMABAD: “Baba Jan! Baba Jan! Baba Jan ko raha karo!” A diverse group of roughly 100 protesters chanted at a rally as they marched all the way from Aabpara Chowk to the Islamabad Press Club and demanded for the release of Baba Jan. [caption id=\"attachment_3384\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Baba Jan\"][/caption] The protesters – members of the

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AKES plans to axe 200 more teachers

GILGIT, July 28: The Aga Khan Education Service Pakistan (AKESP) is planning to send home another 200 or so teachers in Gilgit-Baltistan, it has been learnt reliably. It may be recalled that last year the organization forcibly retired a large number of teachers in the region paying them lump-sum amount which cost the AKESP about

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Protesters warn Wapda to end outages

CHITRAL, July 28: Residents of Chitral town took to the streets on Saturday against prolonged electricity outages and warned the power utility to resolve the issue within a week otherwise a fully-fledged protest move would be launched. The protest was organized by the town power committee under the head of Khan Hayatulla Khan. Speakers on the

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