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CHITRAL: Eight people gone missing when a passenger land cruiser fell off a bridge into the river in a remote village of Yarkhun valley of Upper Chitral. The tragic incident occurred late night. The accident victims included a man and his wife. According to local police the incident occurred at Zulilasht while crossing Unauch bridge. […]
CHITRAL: Senator Falak Naz Chitrali has been elected as Chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women. A notification issued by National Assembly secretariat said that the parliamentary committee on the appointment of Chairperson National Commission on the status of Women (NCSW), in its meeting held on 28th May 2021, has elected Senator […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved two long-awaited bills for protection of journalists and media professionals and criminalising forced disappearances in the country. Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari confirmed the approval. “Today, the (federal) cabinet approved the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill and the Forced or Involuntary Disappearance (Criminal Law […]
(Web Desk) ISLAMABAD: The government has disbursed Rs70,619.208 million for various water resource projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in three quarters of the fiscal year 2020/21. According to the data of the Planning Commission, Rs77,860.087 million was allocated for various water resource sectors in the current fiscal year. Of the total allocation, […]