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Separate academic calendar sought for Chitral
p>CHITRAL: The local academicians have said that government should set up a separate Chitral-specific education calendar so that students of the district can get maximum time to attend colleges. “The present academic calendar, adopted since the independence of the country, virtually provides only three to four months for teaching activities in the educational institutions,” they told Chitraltimes.com here on Thursday. Dr Inayatullah Faizi, teacher at a public sector college, said that students of Chitral couldn’t complete courses due to prolonged and extended winter in the district. He said that Chitral should have a separate board of intermediate and secondary education to adopt a new academic calendar so that local students could get maximum time to complete their courses. Colleges are closed in Chitral for winter vacations in the early days of December and … Read entire article »
Town power committee urged on chairman Wapda to vow his promise of
CHITRAL: A protest rally was held by members of Town Power committee who working for restoration of power and up gradation of local hydro power station. Later on they gathered at PIA square which was converted into a public meeting under the chair of Khan Hayatullah Khan President of power committee. Addressing on the occasion the speakers urged on chairman wapda Shakeel Durrani to fulfill his promise of up-gradation of local hydro power house from 600 KV to 2 Megawatt. The speakers also lamented longest load shedding by Pesco Chitral and emphasized on line staff to discourage 24 hours breakdown. They also lamented increasing of utility bill for water by water and sanitation unit Chitral which is running with the financial support of Germany fund but they increasing their monthly bill frequently. The … Read entire article »
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Terrorists from Gilgit, Chitral behind Karachi unrest: Malik
Karachi: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that neither Sunni nor Shia are involved in recent violence in Karachi instead it is a conspiracy to destabilize Pakistan. Talking to media on Wednesday, the minister said that the terrorists belonging to Chitral, Gilgit and adjacent areas were involved in the Karachi targeted killing .However, he said people of Chitral and Gilgit should not bother as the terrorists would be arrested soon. Replying a query regarding murder of Balochistan MPA’s wife and his daughter, Mr Malik said that he had sought a report within seven days in this regard. He applauded Sindh police for what he said its good performance. (Agencies) … Read entire article »
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Subedar Mehboob Alam passes away
CHITRAL: Former district polo coach Mehboob Alam died here on Saturday after a protracted illness at the age of 91 years. He was known as a consummate player of polo while he was considered as authority on Khow (Chitrali) culture and traditions. He was also a folk poet and singer and many of his folk songs touched the apex of popularity. … Read entire article »
Another Chitrali student win all Pakistan Intel Science and Technology Competition
ISLAMABAD : Yet another shining star emerged on the skies of ChitraI, Musa Rahim Khan S/o Sher Rahim Khan Student of F.Sc. II Aga Khan Higher Secondary School ChitraI (Seen Lasht), stood 1st In aII Pakistan Intel Science and technology Fair for his scientific project (water and heat Detector) He was awarded certificates By , National institute of electronics,Pakistan Council of research in water resources, Grand Winning Certificate, Medal best Category Certificates and Cash Price … Read entire article »
Closure of borders has negative impact on Chitral economy
CHITRAL: As a result of sealing the borders of Chitral with Kunar province of Afghanistan towards the end of last year, the volume of trade activities has constricted to its lowest ebb rendering a number of people jobless. Talking to Chitraltimes.com here on Wednesday, a number of businessmen said that the Kunar province and Nooristan area depended on Chitral for the commodities of daily use and medicines. Haji Muhammad Shifa from Drosh town said that the people of Nooristan and Kunar used to come to the town on daily basis to purchase the commodities including pulses, ghee, rice, sugar and other food items but the process had been stopped after the attck of Taliban on the security check posts in August last. He said that the sale of commodities in … Read entire article »
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MOTHER re-organized
ISLAMABAD: Mother Tongue and Heritage for Education and Research (MOTHER), a civil society organization, has been re-organized at a meeting here in Islamabad under the chair of Dr. Inayatullah Ullah Faizi. Representatives of 11 language communities attended the meeting and vowed to work together for upholding the cause of the organization. MOTHER is an umbrella organization providing a platform for the language activists, researchers, poets and literary people belonging to the language communities in Himalaya, … Read entire article »
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