Levies soldier martyred in Chitral blast
CHITRAL: A Levies soldier was martyred in a blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Chitral district on Saturday. According to officials, a blast was reported at around 12:45 pm near the Old Power…
Bodies of four buried under avalanche recovered
CHITRAL: The bodies of four missing persons buried under an avalanche at Sheshi Koh valley near Gorain area have been recovered after an operation that lasted several hours. Director General Rescue 1122 Dr…
US to help FATA stand on its feet, says envoy
-Want to help KP in multiple sectors including local government, health, education, tourism, agriculture and industrialisation, says US ambassador. -Task force working for tourism boom in KP PESHAWAR: United States (US) Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador…
CJP takes notice of forceful conversions of Kalash tribe
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday expressed his dissatisfaction over the forceful conversions of members from the Kalash community. A bench headed by the CJP heard a…
Boys’ school blown up in Chitral
–No loss of life reported in school attack –Security personnel martyred in IED attack in Upper Dir CHITRAL: Unidentified miscreants blew up a boys primary school in the village of Arandu located near…
KP forms committee to probe rising suicide rate in Chitral
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) health department has decided to probe the rising suicide rate in Chitral by forming a committee. This development comes after another unmarried woman hanged herself from a ceiling…
Student allegedly commits suicide in Chitral
CHITRAL: A student in Chitral allegedly committed suicide after receiving his intermediate results. According to a private media outlet, the student had failed to secure a foreign scholarship. He received lesser marks than…
Like every year, Chitral stun Gilgit-Baltistan and win Shandur Polo trophy
PESHAWAR: Like every year this time too Chitral clinched the trophy after defeating Gilgit-Baltistan by 10-5 in a one-sided affair final of the Shandur Polo Festival played at world highest polo ground in…
Shandur Polo Festival 2018 kicks off in Chitral
CHITRAL: Shandur, known as the ‘roof of the world’, has officially commenced its famous 3-days long Shandur Polo Festival from today. Shandur festival arrangement and resource mobilization started in early February. Deputy…
Chitral police to probe into harassment of local women after viral video surfaces
CHITRAL: Chitral’s District Police Officer (DPO) Mansoor Aman on Tuesday took notice of a viral video made by a man who harassed a group of women. The culprit was allegedly a tourist who…
Chilimjusht festival greets spring season in Chitral
Kalash people celebrate festival while dancing to traditional music, drumbeats PESHAWAR: The Chilimjusht festival kicked off simultaneously at the scenic Bamburate, Birir and Rumbur valleys in Chitral on Monday. The festival, which is…
Case registered against suspected rapist of young girl in Chitral
CHITRAL: The police on Sunday registered a case against the suspected rapist of a young female student in Chitral. According to the details, the incident took place in village Ashriat of Chitral where…
ECP rejects objections related to Chitral constituencies
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday rejected the objections related to forming two constituencies in Upper Dir and Shangla. Hearing the issue, ECP accepted one objection regarding Lower Dir…
Teenage girl dies in Chitral due to alleged negligence of doctors
CHITRAL: A 13-year old girl belonging to Koghuzi village died at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Chitral three days after she was admitted with a complaint of appendicitis. The family and relatives…
Two teenagers commit suicide in Chitral
CHITRAL: Two youngsters including a teenage girl and a boy committed suicide for various reasons in different areas of tehsil Mastuj of Chitral. Police said that 14-year-old Tayyeba Bibi, daughter of Syed…
As many as 70 join PTI in Chitral, vows to make Imran next PM
CHITRAL: As many as 70 political leaders belonging to various political parties on Sunday announced to join Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at Broze village by leaving other political parties. The new joiners announced…
Second phase of documents’ verification of Chitral religious clerics completed
CHITRAL: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government and the Chitral district administration have completed the second phase of documents verification of religious clerics of different mosques in Chitral. This is a part of an initiative by…