Pakistan is about to discover the largest ever gas and oil reserves in its history. Reportedly, these reserves will be enough to meet the oil requirements of the next 50 years. As per the details, the US oil and gas giant, ExxonMobil, has begun drilling today to find the oil and gas reserves in the territorial waters of Pakistan. Posted on January 11, 2019 by Staff desk
Two trophy hunters an American and a Swiss reached Chitral to hunt a Markhor and an Ibex after paying a hefty hunting fee to the government, which will be distributed amongst the community and the concerned government department Posted on January 10, 2019 by Staff desk
The fallen standards of education in Pakistan has been again highlighted when only 2000 candidates out of 34,000 managed to pass the aptitude test for the post of a junior elementary school teacher (JEST). This means that a whopping 94 percent of the aspiring teachers couldn?t even pass the simple basic test. Posted on January 10, 2019 by Staff desk
The announcement of JI Ameer to separate itself from MMA, leading to a breakup of the religious alliance has not caused many eyebrows to rise in Chitral. It means people in general were not very serious about the intrinsic intentions of the two political parties in forging a religious alliance to serve Islam. Posted on January 9, 2019 by Staff desk
According to Henley?s latest Passport Index, Pakistani passport is ranked 102nd in the list of 106 countries with access to visa-free/visa-on-arrival to 33 countries ? that?s only better than Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq ? all the war-torn countries. Posted on January 9, 2019 by Staff desk
Estonia has become the world’s first E- nation having 90 percent of government services on line. Internet access is considered a basic necessity and enshrined in the constitution. Posted on January 9, 2019 by Staff desk
Obituary: Father of Aminul Hasan senior member PTI and Najmul Hasan of Jang Bazar Chitral town passed away at age 83. Posted on January 8, 2019 by Staff desk
As happens every year, decrease in temperatures have caused a lot of people from Chitral to move south for the winters. Excuses are sought to leave Chitral for one month at least, to escape the cold. Many stay in hotels in down country cities, while families rent houses to spend the winter month(s). Posted on January 7, 2019 by Staff desk
The system of moon sighting to determine the begining of Islamic months has been changed in Pakistan. Now the Meteorological department will announce sighting of new moon instead of cleric’s committees. Posted on January 7, 2019 by Staff desk
Lowari tunnel approach roads were cleared to enable traffic after 18 hours waiting by stranded travelers. In the mean time Chitral police personnel helped the travelers with pushing their stranded vehicles and other rescue work. Posted on January 6, 2019 by Staff desk
Gulab Jamun has been declared the national sweet meat of Pakistan after it won in a twitter survey poll beating Burfi. However people in Sangarh staged a demonstration rejecting the poll result and demanding more extensive voting on FB and Instagram also to determine the winner — A typical case of poll rigging allegations in Pakistan :-) Posted on January 6, 2019 by Staff desk
On January 1, 2019, the proposed ban on halal and kosher meats have come into effect in Belgium’s northern Flanders region, stirring controversy among the country’s Jewish and Muslim communities. Posted on January 5, 2019 by Staff desk
Obituary: Prominent literary figure and senior educationist Moula Nigah passed away after a brief illness. He was revered as an authority on khowar language and culture and enjoyed a rich career as an educationist. He was the father of Mahboob ul Haq, Prof Zahoor ul Haq Danish, Ehsan ul Haq, Manzoor ul Haq and Masood ul Haq. Posted on January 5, 2019 by Staff desk
Four shops located in the old vegetable market (purani sabzi mandi) of Chitral City were gutted by fire at night time. Rescue 1122 reached the spot and put off the fire preventing further loss to adjoining shops. Posted on January 5, 2019 by Staff desk
The residents of Ayun and Parwak villages have launched protest demonstration against persistent Load-shedding in their area. Posted on January 5, 2019 by Staff desk
Contrary to a general belief that Sheesha smoking is not harmful, according to the researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, only one session of shisha smoking is worse than smoking an entire pack of cigarettes. Posted on January 5, 2019 by Staff desk
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revealed before a Supreme Court bench on Friday that academic credentials of seven pilots of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had been found to be bogus and five of them had not even done matric. Posted on January 4, 2019 by Staff desk
The Assistant Commissioner Chitral made a surprise check of the C&W office in Chitral and found 50 out of 98 total staff missing from duty. A whooping 52 percent ghost staff in a department is enough indication that the country cannot progress with this kind of governance. Posted on January 4, 2019 by Staff desk
Pakistan’s fastest female athlete, Sahib-e-Asra d/o Qari Alam Khan belonging to Sialkot is the daughter of a religious pesh Imam of a mosque. She said despite social pressures her father encouraged her to pursue her heart’s desire and become an athlete. Posted on January 3, 2019 by Staff desk
A 30 year old married lady from Karimabad allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Chitral river. Her body was recovered from the river near Gankorini in Chitral town. Family members said the lady was suffering from mental disorder. Posted on January 3, 2019 by Staff desk