CHITRAL: A book on the history of Chitral titled Auraq-i-Pareshan written by retired Lt Col Shahzada Iftikharul Mulk was launched here on Tuesday. Noted poet and singer Iqbaluddin Sahar presided over the ceremony where Abdul Wali Khan advocate was the chief guest. The speakers, including Dr Inayatullah Faizi, Muhkamuddin and Mohammad Javed Hayat, appreciated the […]
PESHAWAR: A student of Islamia College Peshawar from Parachinar committed suicide after failing to obtain high marks in the Medical and Dental Colleges’ Admission Test (MDCAT) even after attempting three times. The deceased was a first semester student of BSc zoology and lived in the hostel of the college. The provost of the hostel said fellow
SILKYARA, INDIA (Reuters): Indian rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them. The evacuation of the men – low-wage workers from some of India\’s poorest states – began more
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PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has decided to involve NAB representatives in conception, planning and execution of all development projects in the province. He directed the quarters concerned to send a formal letter to higher authority of NAB in this regard. He took the decision while presiding over the 15th meeting of the
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Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig Our Chitrali society is a conglomeration of tribes of various sizes. Some are in thousands while others are in dozens. Their past of the recent generations is not far away so some grievances do exist. The solution to this complication is good education which can erase but gradually the traces of
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Shimlawala (published in Dawn.com) The above two photos were captured from roughly the same location in Upper Chitral, at around the same time of year, 38 years apart. The photo on the left, taken in July 1973, shows the impressive white face of the Chatiboi glacier as its snout debouches into the River Yarkhun. The
MASTUJ: A man shot dead his cousin over a land dispute in Sorlaspur village of Upper Chitral on Monday, local police said. They identified the deceased as Niat Wali, whose body was shifted to Booni for a postmortem. According to the police, Gohar Aman, son of Bulbul, along with his sons Zia and Faizi opened
Shah Karez The United Nations (UN) Annual Climate Change Conference, 27th in the series of ‘Conference of the Parties’ or ‘COP’ was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 6-20th November, 2022. One of the breakthrough agreements in this event was to provide Loss and Damage Funding for vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters. In
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Amidst the thick dark clouds enveloping the economic horizon of the country, a silver lining is visible in the form of an economic revival plan envisioned by the military leadership which has been put in place under the aegis of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC). The forum has held several
Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig An article had been published on the topic given above as first part of the same title. The word mountaineering is a part of adventure tourism that was a matter of great attraction for the men and women of advanced countries but not known to the poorer nations with internal issues
