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Report G.H. Farooqui & Waqar Ahmed CHITRAL, June 14: A female student committed suicide after failing in her matriculation examination in upper Chitral. According to police reports, Mahboba Bibi, daughter of Pesham Nabi, a resident of Parwak, committed suicide by jumping into the river after failing in the matriculation examination. In another incident, Taj Bibi, […]

By Fakhruddin Akhunzada Forest in Chitral has always been in the news not for bad things somehow but a range of issues. It’s the forest which makes the district a unique one among KP area for holding endangered beings including the symbolic Markhor. The benefit of forest is not confined to just its vast captivity

GILGIT: On a trip to explore the country which has made headlines for all the wrong reasons, a foreigner says she is startled by the hospitality of its people. “I met various people and found them to be extremely humble, hospitable and cooperative,” said Eeva Kaun, an Estonian photographer, in an interview with The Express

CHITRAL, June 11: DCO Rahmatullah Wazir has said the long and porous border of Chitral district with Afghanistan has rendered it vulnerable to the intrusion of militants and to cope with this situation, the border police are being strengthened both in terms of men and material as well as training. Addressing the passing-out parade of

Report Waqar Ahmed CHITRAL, June 11: The district administration of Chitral on Monday closed down a ‘Lucky Irani Circus’ set up by some people coming from outside of the district here, on the pressure of a religo-political party. The circus, which was underway at a playground along the river in Denin, had been attracting a