TOP NEWS
Rs1,485 million allocated for new district of Upper Chitral
PESHAWAR: The KP government has approved Rs1,485 million for the newly-created district of Upper Chitral. The approval was given by Provincial Finance Commission of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at its 11th meeting held under the chairmanship of KP Finance Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra. While bifurcating the budget for Lower Chitral and Upper Chitral, the deputy commissioner had been intimated to separate the share of Chitral district on account of salary, non-salary, grant … Read more ↪
BRIEF NEWS
Efforts underway to maximize benefits from tourism: CM
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is set to become a tourist hub of Pakistan and all-out efforts are underway to maximize the benefits from the tourism sector this year. Chairing the fourth meeting of the task force on tourism, he issued instructions to all concerned departments to take initiatives aimed not only at maximizing the inflow of tourists but also ensuring that they are properly facilitated … Read more ↪
OPINIONS
Zerbali is now almost extinct in Chitral
By Zahiruddin CHITRAL: Zerbali, hitherto a famous flowering plant grown in Chitral and second only to Ishperu Gulab, a local variety of rose, is almost extinct as people avoid growing it due to the wide space it covers. Zerbali is the name of the plant as well as its deep yellow flowers. The plant is usually five to seven feet tall and three to four feet in diameter. Shams-un-Nazar Fatimi, … Read more ↪
EDUCATION
Sensitization of children about safety and security stressed
ISLAMABAD: To protect schoolchildren from natural disasters and other insecurities, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) arranged events involving government education departments, academia, district disaster management authorities and the media in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, says a press release. Hafiz Noorullah, an education development officer from Chitral, told a radio talk show: “There is a need to have more and more information sharing through different media platforms and involvement of … Read more ↪
Politics
چترال کی ترقی کےلے سب کو ساتھ لیکر چلیں گے: چیرمین ڈیڈک وزیرزادہ
چترال (محکم الدین) چیرمین ڈسٹرکٹ ڈویلپمنٹ ایڈوائزری کمیٹی چترال وزیر زادہ نے اپنے نوٹیفیکیشن کے بعد پیر کے روز پہلی مرتبہ ڈٰ سی آفس چترال میں ڈیڈک کے اجلاس کی صدارت کی۔ اجلاس میں مختلف اداروں کے آفیسران بھی موجود … Read more ↪
CULTURE
Zerbali is now almost extinct in Chitral
By Zahiruddin CHITRAL: Zerbali, hitherto a famous flowering plant grown in Chitral and second only to Ishperu Gulab, a local variety of rose, is almost extinct as people avoid growing it due to the wide space it covers. Zerbali is the name of the plant as well as its deep yellow flowers. The plant is usually five to seven feet tall and three to four feet in diameter. Shams-un-Nazar Fatimi, … Read more ↪
LETTERS
Concept of beauty
By Israr Mehmood Zond The concept of beauty is overly romanticized. We are raised to believe that it has to fit some ideals: the perfect facial features, or nature at its best or an impeccable architectural design. But, there is … Read more ↪