Tag: Chitral

Chitral women protest for electricity, clean water

CHITRAL: For the first time in Chitral, the women of Wardab area along with their little children came out of houses and staged protest over...

Chitral footballer Karishma in Forbes list

Pakistani footballer Karishma Ali is among five Pakistanis who have made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2019 list, a local media...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Chitral police to probe into harassment of local women after viral...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...