CHITRAL, May 8: Electrification work at Government Middle School Biori and its suburbs have been completed by Young Star Development Organization with financial support from Chitral Integrated Area Developmental Programme (CIADP). … Read more ↪
RESHUN, May 8: Some time back, during the Musharraf era, the people of Upper Chitral got the good news that widening and char coaling of Shandur road had started from Rurumotek near Awi. It was, however, not certain whether the … Read more ↪
LAHORE, May 7: Pakistan on Monday called for a “new era” in economic collaboration with neighbouring India, as business leaders from the two countries met for a trade conference. … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, May 7: The Chitral Integrated Area Development Programme (CIADP) has completed a number of schemes, including a sanitation project, in the Dumoon locality of Broze. Addressing a ceremony held to hand over the completed sanitation project to local community, … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, May 6: Former MNA Chitral Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali has demanded of the government to re-arrest the alleged killer of Zahid Hussain, a student of IM science, Peshawar, who has been granted bail by the court. … Read more ↪
MANSEHRA, May 5: Former Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal MNA from Kohistan Maulvi Abdul Haleem warned women working in nongovernmental organisations against entering his district and said violators of the warning would be forcibly married off to locals. … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday declared his party’s “go Gilani, go” movement a “war to save judiciary and to end corruption.” Assailing the current rulers belonging to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Nawaz blamed them for … Read more ↪
LAHORE, May 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed concern over the reports of alleged torture on at least five political activists in the Gilgit Jail, saying the reports were exceedingly worrying and hinted at the authorities’ refusal … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD, May: A ministerial committee of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Friday decided to export one million tons of wheat at market prices plus a premium to Iran under a barter trade deal that would allow Pakistan to import … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, May 4: Corps Commander Peshawar Lt-Gen Khalid Rabbani visited the border areas of Chitral with Afghanistan and reviewed measures to contain infiltration of militants from the adjoining Afghan territory. … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD, May 4: Three persons arrested for opening fire at four Chitrali labourers were on Friday given in police custody by a local court on a five-day physical remand. The Koral police produced the accused before a civil judge and … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, May 3: The leaders of joint forest management committees network of Bumburate, Birir, Damil, Arandu and Sheshi Koh have said some political elements in Chitral are crying hoarse about the ruthless cutting of trees which is totally baseless. … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD, May 3: Four Chitrali labourers were shot and injured by their employers in Islamabad on Thursday. … Read more ↪
APRIL 26th was not one of Yousuf Raza Gilani’s better days. The Pakistani prime minister was convicted of contempt of court by the Supreme Court. And his son, Ali Musa Gilani, a member of parliament, was questioned by the anti-narcotics … Read more ↪
Chitraltoday.net BOONI, May 3: The annual Qaqlasht Festival 2012 is over and thousands of people who had come to the venue to enjoy the three-day events have returned to their homes with pleasant memories. But pause for a moment. Now … Read more ↪
Report Waqar Ahmad CHITRAL, May 2: The Yarkhun Driver Union has decided to halt transport service from Chitral to all the villages of the Yarkhun valley. The decision was taken in a meeting of the union with Zarbahar Khan, president … Read more ↪
RESHUN, May 2: It has been observed and surveyed that the behavior of all the employees, particularly that of the mobile credit officers, of Zarai Tarqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) remain unethical and bigoted when one applies for agriculture loans. It … Read more ↪
MADRID, may 1: Banging drums and waving flags, hundreds of thousands of workers marked May Day in European cities Tuesday with a mix of anger and gloom over austerity measures imposed by leaders trying to contain the eurozone’s intractable debt … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The minimum wage of workers in Pakistan has been increased to eight thousand rupees, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced on Tuesday. Additionally, the Employees’ Old-Age Benefit Institution pension has been increased to Rs2,000 from Rs1,500. Gilani, … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, May 1: Two students were killed when a landslide hit them at Reshun Gol area, the police said.
LAHORE, April 30: The widow of a Pakistani man shot dead by a CIA contractor last year in an incident that sparked a major crisis in American-Pakistani relations, was killed by her father on Monday for refusing to remarry, police … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, April 30: Leaders of different political and religious parties at a joint press conference here called upon the district administration and the forest department to immediately put a ban on the ruthless cutting of forest which continued under the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, April 30: To increase enrollment ratio in the government primary schools of Chitral, an education walk was held here under the auspices of Mohammad Ashraf, president All Primary Teachers Association (APTA). Students from different educational institutions carrying banners and … Read more ↪
LONDOB, April 29: British Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned the beheading of a British aid worker in Quetta and termed it a ‘merciless and shocking’ act. Khalil Dale, 60, was kidnapped at gunpoint in January while working with the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, April 29: Former MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali has criticized the proposed inclusion of Salman Rushdie’s two books in the M.Phil courses of Peshawar University and warned that this will hurt the feelings and sentiments of the Muslims and ignite … Read more ↪
CHITRAL, April 29: The farmers here have demanded of the government to order the banks, including Zarai Tarqiati Bank (ZTBL), to provide them loans so that they can be able to purchase fertilizers and pesticides for their wheat crops on … Read more ↪
KARACHI, April 29: The Chitral Student Welfare Association (CSWA), Karachi chapter, has strongly condemned the release of an accused in the murder case of a Chitrali student in Peshawar and called upon the government to order reinvestigation of the case. … Read more ↪
SWAT, April 28: General Officer Commanding Swat Major General Ghulam Qamar said on Saturday that Army has successfully repulsed various attacks of the terrorists on Pak-Afghan borders areas in Chitral in the recent past and inflicted heavy losses on the … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR, April 27: The Chitral Students Welfare Organization (CSWO) appealed to Chief Justice Peshawar High Court and Chief Minister to issue arrest orders of the killers of Zahid Hussain. Dozens of students belonging to Chitral held a protest demonstration at … Read more ↪
WASHINGTON, April 28: High-level talks on ending a diplomatic deadlock between the United States and Pakistan have ended in failure over Pakistani demands for an apology from the United States, The New York Times reported Saturday. The newspaper said US … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD, April 28: Interior Minister Rehman Malik here on Saturday announced the lifting of curfew and restoration of mobile phone service in Gilgit from Saturday night.
CHITRAL, April 27: Naik Tariq Jalal of Chitral Scouts, a resident of Denin, reached home on Friday – more than eight months after being kidnapped and taken to Afghanistan by the Taliban. … Read more ↪
KARACHI, April 27: An airliner was forced to land shortly after takeoff here on Friday after a passenger made a hijack threat, said Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) officials. The domestic flight carrying more than 50 passengers and five crew members … Read more ↪
Report GH Farooqui CHITRAL, April 27: A meeting of heads of all departments and leaders of political parties and civil society representatives with District Coordination Officer Rahmatullah Wazir in the chair discussed the forthcoming mother and child week in the … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The memo commission on Thursday sought the details of the secret fund used by Haqqani as ambassador. Earlier, Memo Commission headed by Justice Qazi Faez Esa rejected Hussain Haqqani’s plea to record his statement via video link. … Read more ↪