News & views from Chitral
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Monday asked the federal government to remove Dr Zaraf Mirza as state minister of health. The Supreme Court (SC), while hearing a suo motu case on the corona virus crisis, said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet has become ineffective in the fight against the pandemic. CJP Gulzar also questioned the transparency of work done by […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Director of Public Health Dr Ikramullah Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, the province’s minister for finance and health, Taimur Khan Jhagra, revealed on Monday. “Today, one of our most committed public health professionals, and part of our COVID-19 response team, Dr. Ikramullah, Director Public Health KP has tested positive for Corona […]
March 31, 2020 PESHAWAR: KP government has extended school closure until May 31. The provincial government cancelled all upcoming school examinations as well. This was announced by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Elementary and Secondary Education Department (KP-ESED) in a notification. It added that the duration of this closure will be considered as summer vacations. The notification added […]
March 23, 2020 CHITRAL: Lowari tunnel will be closed at 7pm today (March 23rd) till further orders. However, supply of food and medicines will continue. It was decided in a meeting held in DC office Chitral which was attended by MNA Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, MPA Moulana Hidayatur Rehman, DPO Wasim Riyaz, ADC Hayat Shah […]
January 21, 2020 BONI: The residents of village Mandagh (Awi) in Upper Chitral have appealed MNA, MPAs, district administration and concern departments to relocate them in any safe place as their village is prone to avalanche. A local social activist Afgan Raza, sharing details said that the residents of this village have been asked to […]
By: Zahiruddin January 12, 2020 CHITRAL: An American national hunted Kashmir markhor with horns measuring 50 inches in Toshi Shasha conservancy here the other day. He had obtained the permit from the wildlife department at a cost of 150,000 US dollars. Divisional forest officer of wildlife division, Chitral, Mohammad Idrees told Dawn on Saturday that […]
December 21, 2019 PESHAWAR: As many as 15 public sectors universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are facing severe financial crisis. The leading universities have stopped payment of salaries and pension. On the other hand, future of several thousand students is also at stake. KP government has not yet issued any fund to any university as grant […]
December 13, 2019 PESHAWAR: In a departure from past practices, the provincial government has issued 50 per cent additional funds for development schemes in 29 sectors during the fiscal year 2019-20. However, the provincial finance department has imposed a ban on transferring funds issued for specific schemes to use them for any other purpose other than […]
December 13, 2019 ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) is set to introduce a bill in the National Assembly for increasing the number of provinces in Pakistan to eight. According to media reports MQM-P legislator Kishwer Zehra submitted a bill to the NA Secretariat on Friday. It calls for the creation of South Punjab and Bahawalpur provinces within the existing Punjab, as well as […]
October 13, 2019 PESHAWAR: The local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are unlikely to be held within the stipulated 120 days after the dissolution of the last government system due to the government`s failure to make rules for local council delimitation. Sources told Dawn that the local government department had put up the delimitation rules […]