CHITRAL: Ruling party (PTI) leaders from Chitral met the chief engineer of Communication and Works (C&W) Department in Peshawar and discussed the need to repair roads in Chitral. Sartaj Ahmed Khan, president PTI Lower Chitral and MPA Wazirzada were also … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Teachers of government girls’ community schools established under the Elementary Education Foundation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Chitral have not been paid their monthly salaries for 12 months. There are 70 such schools across Chitral in which thousands of students … Read more ↪
MASTUJ: People of Mastuj, including social workers and political activists, started a hunger strike against non-repair of Chitral-Mastuj road despite repeated demands and protests by the locals and government’s promises. The hunger strike camp has been set up at Kruideri … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: The provincial government on Friday announced that it will build as many as 15 grounds for the royal sport of polo as it allocated a whopping Rs400 million to develop sports in the province. This was announced as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Three Chitral Scouts personnel who died in a road accident at Kruideri in Upper Chitral on Friday were laid to rest in their native villages after funeral prayer in Chitral town and Mastuj on Saturday. The funeral prayer of … Read more ↪
MASTUJ: Three personnel of Chitral Scouts embraced martyrdom when their double cabin fell into a ravine near Mastuj bridge on Friday. The double cabin carrying five Scouts personnel was coming to Mastuj when it met with the accident at a … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Arrangements to open trade routes with Afghanistan through the Shah Salim (Dorah Pass) and Arandu borders were discussed at a meeting here on Friday. The meeting, chaired by Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Naveed Ahmed at the DC office, was … Read more ↪
Say if DFO is not transferred by Jan 3, they will take back their land used in national park. CHITRAL: Residents of Shahmiran Deh gave the government Jan 3rd deadline to remove the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Chitral … Read more ↪
The detailed verdict in the high treason case against former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf was released on Thursday, two days after the special court found the former president guilty of treason and handed him a death sentence. Key points: Verdict … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A day after a special court in Islamabad sentenced former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf to death in the high treason case, a group of Musharraf’s supporters in Chitral held a rally against the verdict. Musharraf’s supporters who took … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Scores of activists belonging to All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf here on Tuesday expressed anguish over the special court’s sentencing of their leader to death in the high treason case in Islamabad. Speaking … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Gen Pervez Musharraf, a former military dictator, was sentenced to death by a special court here after finding him guilty of high treason. This is the first time in Pakistan’s history that a military chief has been declared guilty … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: PTI youth wing presidents for Upper and Lower Chitral and other office-bearers have demanded that the vacant posts in the district health office and district headquarters hospital should be filled through balloting. In a statement, Muhammad Haroon, Abuzar Ghafari … Read more ↪
Report: Waqar Ahmed BREP: A mysterious viral disease has killed dozens of foxes in Brep and adjacent villages of Yarkhun valley in the last few days. More than five carcasses of foxes were found in the vicinity of Brep with … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Hundreds of volunteers from the Isamaili community on Sunday started repairing the Chitral-Garam Chashma road and filled potholes and ditches on its portion from Balach to Singoor village. It is a matter of shame that for years the Communication … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The 9th Pakistan Mountain Festival concluded with distribution of awards in the name of five living legends from the mountains of Pakistan in Islamabad on Saturday. The concluding ceremony of the festival was organised with the support of the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A senior official of NADRA has assured former MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin that the office in Garam Chashma would not be closed. There were reports that the government has ordered closure of the NADRA office in Garam Chashma. People of … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference here urged the government and international development partners to allocate sufficient funds for mountain areas of Pakistan to ensure adaptation of climate change. Being far flung from the urban centres, the mountain communities are subject … Read more ↪
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court put the secretary of the aviation department on notice and called a progress report about a pending inquiry into an ATR aircraft crash in 2016. The two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar also … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: The new head of the Board of Directors of Yadgar Utility Company that runs the 850 megawatt powerhouse in Pavur village of Yarkhun is unable to start work as the AKRSP Chitral is not notifying his election. On Oct … Read more ↪
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has directed the finance and Auqaf departments to work out modalities for provision of stipends to prayer leaders, including minorities, within one week. After the process, cheques will be provided to 21,981 imams and 293 … Read more ↪
BOONI: The football team of Govt Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Mastuj was given rousing welcome upon arrival in Booni from Swat after winning the inter-school divisional tournament there. The football team lifted the trophy after defeating Buner team by one … Read more ↪
About 88 per cent of the Rs200 million funds have been sanctioned for construction of link roads in Torkhow and Mulkhow Only Rs24m will be spent on construction of link roads in Booni while no fund is allocated for roads … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Former provincial minister Salim Khan on Tuesday called upon the federal government not to close down NADRA office in the sub-tehsil of Garam Chashma. In a statement, he said the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office was set … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: On the International Human Rights Day being observed on Dec 10, a human rights activist said 45 people, including 30 women, committed suicide in 2019 in Chitral. This number is very alarming for a population of less than 0.5 … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Speakers at a seminar on ‘causes of frequent suicide incidents in Chitral’ have emphasised the need for carrying out a scientific study to arrest the trend and find out real causes pushing young people to end their lives. Arranged … Read more ↪
TIMERGARA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA from Adenzai Humayun Khan has said the federal government has approved funds for construction of Chakdara-Chitral road. Talking to journalists at Chakdara on Sunday, he said a delegation of Lower Dir MPAs and PTI workers met … Read more ↪
A special Chitrali cap takes hours of meticulous handcrafting Recent visit of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Chitral has boosted countrywide sales PESHAWAR: Every winter, the traditional wool apparel business, especially Chitrali caps and chughas, in Peshawar’s … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: On the third anniversary of PIA air crash, gloom and grief gripped Chitral valley on Saturday as people remembered their near and dear ones who lost their lives when the PK-661 returning to Islamabad from Chitral crashed near Havelian … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Two persons were found dead in a room in Chitral bazaar area due to gas leakage on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as police Sub-Inspector (SI) Rehmat Uddin and his close relative Naseer Uddin. They were sleeping in … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Solar streetlights installed in Chitral bazaar about one and a half years back remained functional only for a couple weeks and developed faults. The solar streetlights were installed in the bazaar at a cost of Rs9 million. After the … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan was on Friday informed by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officials that a skiing resort would be set up in the Madah area of Kalash valley. At a briefing in Swat, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officers … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: Deputy Commissioner Lower Chitral Naveed Ahmed on Thursday asked heads of all departments to ensure the implementation of recent Supreme Court direction regarding two per cent job quota of persons with disabilities in their respective departments. He was speaking … Read more ↪
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly has referred a complaint regarding alleged irregularities in a test conducted to fill vacant posts in the deputy commissioner Upper Chitral office. The test was held by Success Testing Service (STS) in three shifts a day early … Read more ↪
CHITRAL: A bridge constructed by the Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP) at a cost of Rs7.2 million on a river in Damel village along the Pakistan-Afghan border was opened on Wednesday. Inaugurating the bridge, Commandant Chitral Scouts Brigadier Moinuddin appreciated … Read more ↪