CHITRAL: Parents on Sunday asked the district administration to ensure opening of The Langlands School and College (TLSC) on Monday (tomorrow). At a meeting, which was attended by a large number of parents, the school administration was asked to pick … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: As the Langlands School and College remained closed on the fourth consecutive day on Saturday, both the embattled principal and the teaching and non-teaching staff stucked to their guns. A meeting of parents and officials from the local administration … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: As the British principal, backed by the local administration and one of the governing body members, kept Langlands School and College shut for the third consecutive day, teachers continued their peaceful protest on Friday. MNA Molana Abdul Akber early … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has directed the quarters concerned to ensure progress on 350 MW Toren Mori-Kari Hydro Power Project and 260 MW Jamshel Toren Mori Hydro Power project in Chitral. He said these two projects are … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Local leaders of political parties and civil society, including lawyers and parents, on Wednesday held a meeting and condemned the administration of The Langlands School and College (TLSC) for shutting down the institute amid an ongoing protest by its … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: After the Arandu customs check post, Dorah Pass near Shah Salim in Lotkoh is also ready for opening of trade activities with Afghanistan and Central Asian countries. In this connection, a ceremony was held at the snow-bound Shah Salim … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The Langlands School and College on Tuesday evening announced that all sections of the institute would remain closed for ‘a few days’ due to the lack of discipline on part of certain elements. The announcement comes as the deadline … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The burn and trauma centre at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Chitral, which was completed with German funding three years ago, could not be made operational due to non-appointment of staff by the provincial government. As a result, there … Read more ↪
ARANDU: The opening of the customs check post on the border of Afghanistan in Aranu will usher in a new era of development and prosperity not only for the remote and backward Arandu but also for whole Chitral. This was … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The Langlands Teachers Association on Sunday explained why Principal Carey Schofield has become unacceptable to the teaching and non-teaching staff of the institution. In a statement, the association said apart from alleged financial embezzlement she lives a luxurious life … Read more ↪
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) from Chitral Molana Hidayatur Rehman on Sunday warned Commissioner Malanak Division against threatening the protesting teachers of the Langlands School and College Chitral. Talking to ChitralToday on telephone, he said Commissioner Malakand … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The death toll from the gas cylinder blast/fire in Ayun increased to two as another injured passed away in a Peshawar hospital early on Saturday. On Friday, Tania, age six years, daughter of Manzoor Ahmed, died from the burns. … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Through a press release, Langlands Teachers Association (LTA) on Friday sought a decision acceptable to them by the provincial government, and regretted the decision of the commissioner Malakand division backing a single individual against 64 staff members which ultimately … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A resolution passed and signed by 64 teachers and other staff members of The Langlands School and College (TLSC) on Thursday said they will continue taking classes till Nov 9 but if Principal Carey Schofield comes to the school … Read more ↪
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly (MNA) from Chitral Molana Abdul Akbar on Wednesday strongly reacted to a unilateral decision taken by the chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about the Langlands School and College principal. Talking to ChitralToday on telephone, … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: The governing body of The Langlands School and College held a meeting with the chief secretary KP, commissioner Malakand, deputy commissioner Lower Chitral and other government officials here on Thursday to discuss the issues facing by the school. A … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Lawyers in Chitral continued their strike on the sixth consecutive day on Thursday against beating up of their senior colleague by the subdivisional police officer (SDPO) Upper Chitral last week. The lawyers boycotted courts and took out a rally … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Scores of students and teachers from Langlands School and College on Wednesday took to the streets demanding the government remove the British principal of the school to save the repute of the institute and stop its standard from further … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Eight members of a family who sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast and fire in Ayun yesterday were shifted to Peshawar due to lack of facilities at the trauma centre in Chitral town. The victims were moved … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Teachers of Basic Education Community Schools from across Chitral held a protest against non-payment of salaries for the last nine months here on Monday. Addressing the protesters, Halima Bibi, Jamila Bibi and others said the prime minister and federal … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: One of the five British mountaineers, who was injured from a fall and trapped on 6,872-metre high Khoyo Zom in Yarkhun valley of Upper Chitral, was rescued by army and shifted to Gilgit on Monday, a source in told … Read more ↪
BREP: At a public gathering here on Sunday, people from Brep, Dewangol, Istach, Dizg, Khruzg and Mahting demanded provision of basic facilities such as healthcare and road connectivity which their area lacks even after the establishment of the new district … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: One of the members of a British expedition team to Khoyo Zom in Yarkhun valley of Upper Chitral has fallen from the height of 30 metres on the mountain and a military rescue team failed to retrieve him on … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A man along with his family has reached Chitral from Punjab and sought protection against a landlord in his village located in the Hafizabad district. Zaigham Abbas from Asadullahpur village in the district of Hafizabad in Punjab along with … Read more ↪
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: The governing body of The Langlands School and College (TLSC), which runs on donations from government and private individuals, showed an “extreme generosity” towards its British Principal Carey Schofield by releasing her over Rs10 million … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The District Bar Association (DBA) Chitral announced its decision to observe a strike on Saturday against the Booni police for detaining and beating a senior colleague. In a statement, the DBA said the subdivisional police officer (SDPO) of Booni … Read more ↪
UPPER DIR: Work on Lowari Tunnel Access Road South Project Package II has been suspended due to non-payment to Korean SAMBU company by the NHA, sources told ChitralToday. An amount of Rs250 million is outstanding with NHA against work done. … Read more ↪
DIZG: Scores of people were injured after a taxi land cruiser hit and dragged electricity cables which were being installed by them here on Thursday evening. Sources in Dizg told ChitralToday that the locals were shifting electricity cables from old wooden … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Medical and paramedical staff as well as Class IV employees of hospitals and other healthcare units across Chitral observed a strike against government’s plan to set up district and regional health authorities which the protesters said was aimed at … Read more ↪
BOONI: Most of the funds released to the Tehsil Council Upper Chitral during the last four years was utilized on payment of salaries to employees of the council who had been inducted on political grounds. Besides, local government employees had … Read more ↪
BREP: Eight rooms and costly household items were gutted in a fire that erupted in a house in Rahimabd area of Brep early this morning. Syed Afzal Hussain, the owner, said he was woken up by a sudden splash of … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A former councilor has said the government should lift a ban imposed on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) so that they can help the flood affected people. Ahmed Khan from Koghuzi village told ChitralToday that in the past NGOs had helped … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A taxi driver broke his own record of carrying 27 people in his alto car by accommodating 34 persons in the small vehicle but complains that his feat was never recognized at the official level. Rehmat Wali of Chitral … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Due to the stubbornness of the district administration and helplessness of the local PTI leaders, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan could not inaugurate the reconstruction of Reshun powerhouse even visiting Reshun and returned from the polo ground. This was stated … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: People of Reshun Gol on Friday expressed their anger over Chief Minister Mahmood Khan’s decision to inaugurate reconstruction of the Reshun powerhouse without bothering to visit their area during his daylong stay in Chitral. The Reshun powerhouse was damaged … Read more ↪