ECP orders dissolution of tehsil council in Upper Dir on January 18, 2017 UPPER DIR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KP) chapter has given the verdict of the dissolution of tehsil council of Wari, in Upper Dir district, after election on tehsil nazim and naib nazim slots ended in a tie for the third consecutive time and it ordered of the fresh election on […]
Spectacular jeep rally amid heavy snowfall on January 9, 2017 UPPER DIR: After a heavy snowfall in the last few days, over 50 jeeps took on the curvy and treacherous road in a snow jeep rally competition on Sunday and exhibited excellent skills of driving in Lowari Pass. Syed Azaz Shah of the Islamabad 4×4 Jeep Club won the 37kms rally while Taimoor Ali […]
Hilly areas of Upper Dir receive first heavy snowfall on January 4, 2017UPPER DIR: Mountainous areas including Lowari Top, Kumrat, Thal, Kalkot, Doog Dara and others in Upper Dir on Tuesday have received first and heavy snowfall of the season while the plains received rain after which weather has become chilly. The snowfall in Lowari Top and other areas started on the night between Monday and Tuesday […]
Tent village set up for stranded passengers near Lowari Tunnel Road on December 23, 2016UPPER DIR: The District Administration of Upper Dir has set up a tent village equipped with all facilities and necessitates of life for travelers and passengers at Al-Jazeera hotel near Panakot area. The aim of the village to give proper shelter facilitates for those who used to travel to Chitral and face the miseries at […]
Land owners hold demonstration against lesser compensation by govt on December 14, 2016UPPER DIR: Land owners of union council Qulandi in Upper Dir on Tuesday held a protest march and demonstration against fixation of new price rate of Rs 200,000 per kanal for their land, which come into construction and widening of road from Lowari tunnel to Qulandi. The construction and widening of the road is part […]
International Anti-Corruption Day observed in Upper Dir, Muhmand Agency on December 9, 2016UPPER DIR: The International Anti-Corruption Day was observed across the district of Dir Upper as walks and seminars have been organized in this connection in Dir and Shaheed Benazir Bhatto University (SBBU) in Sheringal. In Dir, the day was observed by organizing a seminar in district assembly hall which was addressed by District Nazim of […]
Near-collapse bridge risk to lives of thousands in Upper Dir on December 5, 2016UPPER DIR: The dilapidated condition of the wooden-jeepable bridge in Charagali area in Upper Dir district has put into danger the lives of thousands of residents of the area whose use the bridge daily in spite of its worse condition. The residents said that the bridge was a lone source of communication that connected the […]
Hoti lashes out at federal govt over KP share in CPEC on November 14, 2016UPPER DIR: The Awami National Party (ANP)’s Provincial President, Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti, came hard on the federal government saying the federal government was not giving “due rights” to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. He was addressing a workers’ convention of the ANP, PK 91’s workers of Upper Dir chapter in […]
Corruption a serious internal threat to country: JI on November 7, 2016UPPER DIR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Provincial Ameer Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has said that in the presence of Pak Army, modern missile technology and atomic force, India would never dare to become a threat to Pakistan’s sovereignty and independence however, the country had been facing a serious internal threat to Pakistan in the shape of “corruption” as […]
JI wants Malakand national highway made part of CPEC on November 2, 2016UPPER DIR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Parliamentary Leader in National Assembly Sahibzada Tariqullah has asked the federal government and China to make the national highway passing through Malakand Division part of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CEPC) to provide an alternative route to the landslide-prone Karakuram Highway (KKH). He said the inclusion of N-45, passing through Nowshera, Dir, […]