
Developmental organizations and their impact in Chitral Many government and non-government organizations (NGOs) are working in different sectors in Chitral, the largest district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. No one can deny the role of NGOs in the support and development of the community in Chitral. They play a very important role in development of the area. Even […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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The people of Chitral have expressed their resentment about the unjust allotment of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) cards to the non-deserving persons in the district at the cost of the indigent and the poor. Talking to media, a number of local leaders complained that last year the BISP had conducted extensive household survey in […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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Rehman Malik ensure fool proof security arrangements in Islamabad Interior Minister Rehman Malik directed Islamabad Police to ensure fool proof security arrangements for public and worship places and important buildings on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha. He issued these instructions during a meeting held in Islamabad to review law and order and security situation in the […]

The shortage of cash in the main branch of National Bank of Pakistan led to the embarrassment and inconvenience of the people who will have to go without money on Eid-ul-Azha. A contractor Najm Riaz told Chitraltimes.com that he could not get cheque cashed from a bank because of which he will not be in […]
Nov 5 2011 | Posted in
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Because of the rising tense relations between the Pakistan and the America in recent days, the US spy agency has silently constricted its policy on the drone strikes in Pakistan, reported the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. A senior official of the agency said the new strategy designed under the new rules has been formed […]

Being the Pakistani nation one thing that each one of us has in common is to compromise, accept and adjust be it the rent of the house, hiking prices of commodities, expensive fuel, expensive education and the list is endless. However, for many of us something on which compromise almost always is impossible is when […]

The Petroleum Ministry has taken a decision to present a gift of no gas load shedding on this Eid. There will be no gas load shedding for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) all over the Punjab during Eid days from Friday November 4 to Friday November 11. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired […]

Today is the birthday of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III, one of the architects of Pakistan. He was born in Karachi on November 2, 1877. Sir Aga Khan III, grandfather of the present spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Prince Karim Aga Khan, spent his entire life serving Muslims with his great intellectual […]
Nov 3 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan Railways in Supreme Court In an anticipated move, the Supreme Court took a suo moto notice about the prevailing condition in Pakistan Railways, which was need of the hour despite all the differences. While observing the case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, expressed dissatisfaction over the situation and asked the Federal Secretary of Railways […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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The former ruler of Chitral, his Highness Saiful Mulk Nasir was born at Chitral House, Peshawar, on May 12, 1950. He was the elder son of H.H. Mehtar Saif ur-Rahman, Mehtar of Chitral. Saiful Mulk Nasir was made Chitral’s ruler or Mehtar in 1954 after his father His Highness Saifur Rehman was killed in a […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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It seems like raining acts and agreements against the freedom of speech these days. After putting Protect IP act into effect, the US government has opened doors for another vicious act to barge into the privacy and freedom of speech of the masses online. A new act against the freedom of speech is in the […]

Our country is in deep financial, political, social, economical and last but not the least power crisis; corruption is at its peak and so is poverty; disparity between the distributions of national income has no boundaries; immorality is prevailing; human trafficking and child labour are mundane; the rich is getting richer and poor is falling […]