CHITRAL: Participants of a meeting here on Wednesday reviewed arrangements for the 12-day-long anti-measles campaign starting from Oct 15. During the drive, children aged between nine months and five years would be vaccinated against measles in all the fixed health … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has formed a committee, comprising representatives of law, forest, mineral development department and finance, to review the progress on NOCs issued to investors in the forest growing areas of the province. The committee would examine … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Former MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin has called upon the PTI government, especially Prime Minister Imran Khan, to revisit the decision of dropping key infrastructure projects from the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in the best interest of the people of … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The production of apple in some upper Chitral villages has been adversely affected by less rainfall. The villages like Karimabad, Booni, Brep and Terich are known for producing local species of apples, particularly Chopush, which is famous for its … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) restored all tax exemptions available to the people of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) with retrospective effect from June 1, 2018. Two notifications were issued on Friday … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has dropped all CPEC projects not approved by Planning Commission from the list of the public sector development programme (PSDP) for FY19. The mega projects that have faced the axe include Zhob-Kuchlak road, Shandur-Chitral road, … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Water has been supplied to different localities in the Chitral town and adjacent areas mainly from the Golen valley but most of the water goes to waste due to leakages in the substandard pipes used in the supply network … Read more ↪
By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: Minister of state for communications Murad Saeed has written a letter to Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP), asking him to undertake a special audit of five mega projects of National Highway Authority (NHA), which also include … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A man, father of four children, committed suicide by setting himself on fire after sprinkling kerosene on his body in Bakrabad near Chitral on Monday, local police said. The wife of the deceased, identified as Asmatullah, in her statement … Read more ↪
DROSH: Unknown people have blown up a govt primary school for boys in Arandu Gol along Pak-Afghan border early this morning which is the first such terror activity to target an educational institution in Chitral. The incident occurred in the … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: The KP government is all set to abolish the district governments which have been so far the most effective tier of the local government system. After doing away with the district tier, the remaining two tiers, the tehsil and … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: For years there have been complaints that PESCO staff in Chitral sends monthly bills to consumers without meter reading. As a result, sometimes the consumers receive inflated bills and have to run from pillar to post to get them … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Shahzada Siraj Ulmulk has been included as member in the task force/working group on tourism created by the federal government with Prime Minister Imran Khan as its chairman. The task force held its first meeting here on Saturday. Sources … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday said Prince Karim Aga Khan’s vision and untiring efforts in promoting global peace, inter-faith dialogue, cultural diversity and pluralism had contributed towards the development and uplift of economically disadvantaged communities across the world. … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Traders, shopkeepers and vendors started a shutter-down strike in Chitral on Wednesday saying the protest would continue till the acceptance of their demands. Meanwhile, the drivers’ union also announced to observe a strike from Thursday in solidarity with the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A division bench of Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended and declared illegal the imposition of a tax on the transport out of potatoes from the Lotkoh valley. The tax was imposed by the tehsil municipal administration of Chitral … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: An official of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) here called upon the people of Chitral to avail of loans being provided by different banks to promote small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the valley. Kamran Khan, the deputy … Read more ↪
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has synchronised a second unit of the 108MW Golen Gol hydropower project and connected it to the national grid through the most crucial transmission line it laid from Chitral to Timergara. “We … Read more ↪
BOONI: People of Booni, including elected local government representatives, at a meeting on Sunday called upon the KP government to take notice of the unnecessary delay in the completion of a hydel powerhouse set up at Dumadumi. The meeting held … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (CJP) Saqib Nisar, who is on a weekend private visit to Chitral, on Saturday said judicial notice can be taken against the government authorities for the pathetic conditions of roads in Chitral. He was … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A group of people from Shishi Koh held a protest in the town against alleged embezzlement in forest royalty in their valley by influential people who they said have formed a bogus forest management committee to missappropriatae the funds. … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of the closure of Lowari Tunnel, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday called a report from Secretary Communications, Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) and Chief Secretary Khyber Pukhtunkhwa in five days, ChitralToday has learnt. … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A woman has reportedly committed suicide in the Kari upper village near Chitral town, local police said. According to the police, the 24-year-old Parvaz Bibi, daughter of Qadir Khan, was married off to a man in a village in … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday suspended the sentences handed to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar in the Avenfield corruption reference. Soon after the court order, a large number of PML-N Chitral … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A resident of Chitral has approached the Peshawar High Court (PHC) seeking directions to authorities concerned to get the centuries-old misnomer as regards to the Kabul river. In his application addressed to the chief justice of the Peshawar High … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The Mulkhow police arrested two men after recovering narcotics, liquor and arms from their possession during its ongoing crackdown, the district police said on Sunday. It said on a tip-off, the police in Mulkhow conducted a raid in Gaht … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Village Council Bumburate nazim Muhammad Rafi Advocate has called upon the authorities of the health department to appoint a doctor at the Basic Health Unit (BHU) of the area. In a statement, he said for years the BHU had … Read more ↪
Apropos a news item titled “Hashoo Foundation urged not to wind up from Chitral” published in ChitralToday on Sept 6, 2018, Hashoo Foundation on Friday issued the following statement: “Hashoo Foundation categorically denies these reports and does not concur with … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A kutchery called “service open forum” was held at the scenic village of Birir in Kalash valley on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Khurshid Alam Mehsud, Assistant Commissioner Sajid Nawaz and heads of all departments were present to listen to complaints … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The relatives of three men murdered in Osiak village in 2014 rejected the claim of two police investigators (now retired) that the recent sentencing of the murderers showed that their investigation was not faulty and they should be provided … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: With a high-level committee told to constitute a provincial task force to ascertain the reasons behind the rising number of suicide cases in Chitral, it has emerged that forcing marriages without consent was one of the major reasons behind the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Two retired police officials on Monday appealed to the inspector general of KP police to order a review of punishment awarded to them in connection with a triple murder case. Talking to local reporters, retired inspector Rahim Gul and … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A 17-year-old married girl committed suicide by jumping into the river in Rech village of Torkhow in upper Chitral. Station House Officer (SHO) of Torrkhow Sher Nawaz Baig said Ms Sakina, daughter of Berish Khan, had married Zar Ahmed … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A key bridge at Muxgol in the Mulkhow valley of upper Chitral was washed away in the 2015 floods. The then KP minister Mahmood Khan, now the chief minister of the province, opened work on the construction of an RCC … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: The poor growers of common bean (Lobia) and walnut in Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir and Rumbur have sold their produce two months before the harvest to the non-local traders at half the market price in order to meet … Read more ↪