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CHITRAL: Rich tribute was paid to women folk of Chitral hence some speakers also expressed their concern over increasing ratio of women suicide at Chitral.    To pay tribute and recognize women services a function was held at Government girls degree college Chitral. District Nazim Chitral Maghfirat Shah was the chief guest on the occasion while the ceremony was presided over by …

Karachi, 27 February 2018 – Today, Facebook is launching a blood donations feature in Pakistan to make it easier for people to sign up to be blood donors, and to help connect donors with people and organizations in need. Pakistan, like many countries, has a shortage of safe blood. In some cases, this shortage means patients and their families are …

Chitral: Prominent social and political figure of Laspur upper Chitral, Amirullah Khan Yaftali, has set up a personal ‘museum’ with the collection of antique artifacts and items of different variety. He claims he has collected the items with great effort and care and is willing to show them to visitors but has no intention of selling any of the item.

CHITRAL: Society for Human Rights and Prisoner’s Aid (SHARP), with the collaboration of ICMC, arranged a one day consultation session with district bar association Chitral which was attended by the lawyers in large number including female lawyers. The team leader in Chitral, Sajjad Ahmed and project director Memoona Batool Khan discussed the various governmental notifications regarding status of Afghan refugees …

Islamabad: Pakistan has launched the first sub-national immunization days (SNIDs) campaign of the current low transmission season on 30 October 2017, targeting more than 21 million children under the age of 5. The campaign has taken place in a total of 95 districts/agencies/towns of the country. The majority of districts concluded the SNIDs on 2 November, while three districts of …

Lahore: The mega hit from Coke Studio’s Season 8, Tajdar-e-Haram has broken all records for Pakistani origin content, by becoming the first song to cross one hundred million views on YouTube. Instantly popular from the first day it was released, the song has come to symbolize the core vision of the iconic music platform Coke Studio and everything that it …

Karachi, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) is implementing Hydropower & Renewable Energy (HRE) Projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province with the financial support of the Government of Germany through the German Development Bank (KfW). The hilly village of Sar Kalay in union council Pandair falling in Chagharzi/Buner is home to about 60 households, the village’s total population is 895. Thanks to PPAF …

CHITRAL: Community Based Organizations (CBO) conference held at Garmchishma some 45 KM from here. The conference was organized by LGE & RDD which was facilitated by Sarhad Rural Support program. provincial Secretary Local Government Syed Jamaluddin Shah was chief guest on the occasion while the conference was presided over by district Nazim Haji Maghfirat Shah. Addressing to the conference District …

NEW YORK: Chitrali Cultural Dance presented at The Youth Assembly at the United Nations as a sign of peace to both India and Pakistan on this independence day(s) and to every other country. Wahid Khan a student of Habib University Karachi presented this cultural dance to the floor. On this occasion he said. “We all have a horrific history of getting …

KOSHT: The residents of Kosht at a meeting expressed resentment over the government apathy towards their hardships after the main road to the area was washed away by the river Mastuj bout two weeks back. The participants of the meeting narrated the difficulties of the residents and regretted that no government department had so far taken notice of the issue. …