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CHITRAL: Hundreds of students of Langlands School and College staged protest demonstration against the school principal Miss Carey Schofield, who is a British national, over some issues at the school. The students and some of their teachers gathered outside the deputy commissioner’s office and chanted slogans ‘Go Carey Go’. They were also carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against …

CHITRAL: Teachers of Basic Education Community Schools staged protested against the non-payments of their salaries for the last 9 months. On this occasion, the children and women teachers were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans in favor of their demands. Speaking on the occasion, Pradom Jamal informed that there are 83 women teachers in Chitral who have been teaching …

Ejaz Ullah is one of the young workers who come to Karachi from the far-flung mountainous region of the country, Chitral Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has been working, first as a dishwasher in a small hotel and then as a chips maker, street food, for the last five years. Like other fellows, Ejaz and his elder brother are living in a …

CHITRAL: After relaxation in the condition of No Objection Certificate (NOC), a large number of foreign tourists are visiting Chitral valley now who can be seen wandering in different bazaars. Chitral was a famous tourist destination for foreign tourists before the 9/11 and thousands of tourists used to visit the picturesque valley every year. That boosted the local tourism industry …

Introduction Matiltan is an extremely beautiful and picturesque valley with Its mesmerizing landscape and lofty mountains adorned with tall pine trees and is located at the extreme north of Kalam, district Swat. It is a paradise on earth. Here one finds oneself very close to the mother nature and can relish the pristine purity of existence. In the fine morning …

“History of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles” (Marx and Engels,1848). Karl Marx argues that, in a capitalist society, the main axis of conflict is between bourgeoisie and proletariat. He had predicted that this conflict will eventually lead to an inevitable revolution which enables the working class to have the dominant power in the society. Similarly, …

The U.S. has a new strategy for dealing with China’s investments: Help countries negotiate better deals. That’s what we should be doing. Since China launched its Belt and Road Initiative, the U.S. has struggled to find a coherent response. On its face, Beijing’s plan to support infrastructure projects around the world isn’t a problem. Developing countries stand to benefit from …

Politics has always been the most interested and concern topic. Interestingly, the understanding of politics with its different complexities is not that much easy as it seems to be. The various popular stereotypes and misleading scholarships, with little grounded research, from the world of non-social sciences show that there is something terribly wrong with our social relations involving intrigue to …

Seven years back, on 7th of April, 2012 the deadliest avalanche at Gayari Sector near Siachen glacier killed 129 Pakistani soldiers, including 11 civilians. This was one of the most horrendous disaster since 1984. This avalanche not only ended 140 human lives but also added a painful chapter of pain, regret and grief in 140 families, which is impossible to …

January 27, 2019: Mountain Society for Research & Development Chitral has launched a six-month project titled, “Community-Based Forest Conservation through Small-Scale Energy Solution” with support of USAID’s Ambassador’s Fund Grant Program (AFGP) in Chitral. Executive Director, MSRD, A. Ahmad explained the objectives, expected outcomes of the project and explained the context in which this project was conceived. He said, “Overall …