News & views from Chitral
ISLAMABAD: A project that combines satellite images, mapping technologies and the local knowledge of villagers to help build climate-proof settlements in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan won an international award on Thursday. More than one million people have benefited from the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Pakistan project, which was a gold prize winner at the […]
ISLAMABAD: The country’s corona virus positivity ratio again climbed to 7.59pc on Saturday, with the highest positivity ratio observed in Abbotabad at 17.57pc, according to the data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The ratio had decreased to around 7.2pc earlier. After Abbotabad, the second highest positivity ratio was observed in Rawalpindi […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday passed a bill to regulate the use of water resources in the province after accommodating some amendments from the opposition benches. As the house reconvened, the treasury benches tabled the bill to form a commission to regulate water reservoirs in the province. After the gubernatorial nod, the law requires […]
PESHAWAR: Adviser to K-P Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations Ajmal Wazir on Saturday was removed from his post. A notification by the K-P administration said the post has been assigned to Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Local Government Kamran Bangash, with immediate effect. K-P Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has ordered a fact […]
PESHAWAR: The provincial education department has promoted over 1.425 million students of matriculation and intermediate to next grades. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Elementary and Secondary Education Department (ESED) made the announcement after the Federal Ministry of Education ordered cancelation of matriculation and intermediate exams in the country. However, administrations of the eight examination boards in the province are […]
ISLAMABAD: Government’s top adviser on civil service reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain unveils the variety of changes being made in the country’s bureaucratic structures and systems from civil servants’ induction, recruitment, training, performance, promotion, compensation and retirement to institution building, devolution, accountability and service delivery. Dr Hussain shared with media details of the Imran Khan government’s […]
CHITRAL: Four corona patients were discharged from DHQ hospital Chitral after recovery. They included the first corona victim Shahabuddin of Chewodok, Sher Nawaz Garum Chashma, Shams Akbar and Remat Ali from Chumarkon. They had reported negative for corona.
CHITRAL: Chitral witnessed record one-day high positive cases of nine corona patients on Thursday, taking the tally in the whole Chitral to 28. The nine corona cases included five women, a 12-year-old girl among them. They had travelled to Chitral from Peshawar and were kept in quarantine in Chitral town and Drosh. Those who have […]
ISLAMABAD: I urge everyone to stop politicking during the corona virus crisis as it will have adverse effects on the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Saturday, as opposition continues criticizing the premier’s policy of a ‘partial lockdown’ in the country. “I would like to request everyone to stop playing politics on this issue. This […]
PESHAWAR: With the number of novel corona virus (Covid-19) cases swelling to over 1,000, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Friday released an additional Rs.406 million for 18 districts of the province to provide facilities at quarantine centres. A statement issued on Friday read that following instructions from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood […]